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'''Aravind Adiga''' (born 23 October 1974)<ref>{{cite interview | date=18 October 2008 | access-date=9 November 2013 | first=Aravind | last=Adiga | title=Provocation is one of the legitimate goals of literature | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-provocation-is-one-of-the-legitimate-goals-of-literature-/374718/ | interviewer=Vijay Rana | work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ Indian Australian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize - Express India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000338/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |date=5 December 2008 }}</ref> is an [[Indian people|Indian]] writer and journalist. His [[debut novel]], ''[[The White Tiger (Adiga novel)|The White Tiger]]'', won the 2008 [[Man Booker Prize]].<ref name="Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize">{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |title=Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize |date=15 October 2008 |work=Agencies |publisher=Expressindia |access-date=2008-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000338/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |archive-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>
'''Aravind Adiga''' (born 23 October 1974)<ref>{{cite interview | date=18 October 2008 | access-date=9 November 2013 | first=Aravind | last=Adiga | title=Provocation is one of the legitimate goals of literature | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-provocation-is-one-of-the-legitimate-goals-of-literature-/374718/ | interviewer=Vijay Rana | work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ Indian Australian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize - Express India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000338/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |date=5 December 2008 }}</ref> is an Indian writer and journalist. His [[debut novel]], ''[[The White Tiger (Adiga novel)|The White Tiger]]'', won the 2008 [[Man Booker Prize]].<ref name="Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize">{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |title=Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize |date=15 October 2008 |work=Agencies |publisher=Expressindia |access-date=2008-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205000338/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Indian-novelist-Aravind-Adiga-wins-Booker-prize/373637/ |archive-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life and education===
===Early life and education===
Aravind Adiga was born in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]])<!--(sic)--> on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from [[Mangalore]]. His paternal grandfather was [[K. Suryanarayana Adiga]], former chairman of [[Karnataka Bank]],<ref name="Booker for KannAdiga">{{cite news|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct162008/scroll2008101695497.asp?section=frontpagenews |title=Booker for KannAdiga |date=16 October 2008 |work=Deccan Herald|access-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406015813/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct162008/scroll2008101695497.asp?section=frontpagenews |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="origin">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101658160300.htm|title=Mangloreans rejoice over Aravind Adiga's win |date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081020061237/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101658160300.htm| archive-date= 20 October 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]| url-status= dead}}</ref> and a maternal great-grandfather, [[U. Rama Rao]], a popular medical practitioner and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician from Madras.<ref name="thehindu_20081103">{{cite news|first=S. |last=Muthiah|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/03/stories/2008110350240500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110142319/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/03/stories/2008110350240500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012|title=A lineage of success|date=3 November 2008|work=[[The Hindu]] |author-link=S. Muthiah}}</ref>
Aravind Adiga was born in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]])<!--(sic)--> on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from [[Mangalore]]. His paternal grandfather was [[K. Suryanarayana Adiga]], former chairman of [[Karnataka Bank]],<ref name="Booker for KannAdiga">{{cite news|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct162008/scroll2008101695497.asp?section=frontpagenews |title=Booker for KannAdiga |date=16 October 2008 |work=Deccan Herald|access-date=16 October 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406015813/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Oct162008/scroll2008101695497.asp?section=frontpagenews |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="origin">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101658160300.htm|title=Mangloreans rejoice over Aravind Adiga's win |date=16 October 2008|access-date=16 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081020061237/http://www.hindu.com/2008/10/16/stories/2008101658160300.htm| archive-date= 20 October 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]]| url-status= dead}}</ref> and maternal great-grandfather, [[U. Rama Rao]], was a popular medical practitioner and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician from Madras.<ref name="thehindu_20081103">{{cite news|first=S. |last=Muthiah|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/03/stories/2008110350240500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110142319/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2008/11/03/stories/2008110350240500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2012|title=A lineage of success|date=3 November 2008|work=[[The Hindu]] |author-link=S. Muthiah}}</ref>


Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at [[Canara High School]] and later at [[St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru]], where he completed his [[SSLC]] in 1990.<ref name="origin"/><ref name="Alma mater celebrates Adiga's win">{{cite news|url=http://bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20State&sectid=73&contentid=200810152008101519583954559343e3a|title=Almamater celebrates Adiga's win|date=16 October 2008|work=Bangalore Mirror|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018000442/http://bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20State&sectid=73&contentid=200810152008101519583954559343e3a|archive-date=18 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at [[Canara High School]] and later at [[St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru]], where he completed his [[SSLC]] in 1990.<ref name="origin"/><ref name="Alma mater celebrates Adiga's win">{{cite news|url=http://bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20State&sectid=73&contentid=200810152008101519583954559343e3a|title=Almamater celebrates Adiga's win|date=16 October 2008|work=Bangalore Mirror|access-date=16 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081018000442/http://bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20State&sectid=73&contentid=200810152008101519583954559343e3a|archive-date=18 October 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>


After emigrating to [[Sydney]] with his family, Aravind studied at [[James Ruse Agricultural High School]].  He later studied English literature at [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], in [[New York City]], under [[Simon Schama]], and graduated as [[salutatorian]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss23/record2223.13.html At Last! Commencement For More than 8,900 Today. Columbia University Record. MAY 21, 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627233608/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss23/record2223.13.html |date=27 June 2010 }}</ref> He also studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], where one of his tutors was [[Hermione Lee]].
After emigrating to Sydney with his family, Aravind studied at [[James Ruse Agricultural High School]].  He later studied English literature at [[Columbia College of Columbia University]], in New York City, under [[Simon Schama]], and graduated as [[salutatorian]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss23/record2223.13.html At Last! Commencement For More than 8,900 Today. Columbia University Record. MAY 21, 1997] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627233608/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol22/vol22_iss23/record2223.13.html |date=27 June 2010 }}</ref> He also studied at [[Magdalen College, Oxford]], where one of his tutors was [[Hermione Lee]].


===Career===
===Career===
Aravind Adiga began his career as a financial journalist, interning at the ''[[Financial Times]]''.  With pieces published in the ''Financial Times'' and ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'', he covered the stock market and investment. His review of previous Booker Prize winner [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]]'s 1988 book, ''[[Oscar and Lucinda]]'', appeared in ''The Second Circle'', an online literary review.<ref>[http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/care.html ''The Second Circle''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525014347/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/care.html |date=25 May 2010 }}</ref>
Aravind Adiga began his career as a financial journalist, interning at the ''[[Financial Times]]''.  With pieces published in the ''Financial Times'' and ''[[Money (magazine)|Money]]'', he covered the stock market and investment. As a Times correspondent he interviewed US President [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/curious-case-of-aravind-adiga-as-a-famous-literary-recluse-booker-winning-author-is-anomaly-in-publishing-world-9306801.html |title= Curious Case of Aravind Adiga|publisher= First Post| date=16 February 2021}}</ref> His review of previous Booker Prize winner [[Peter Carey (novelist)|Peter Carey]]'s 1988 book, ''[[Oscar and Lucinda]]'', appeared in ''The Second Circle'', an online literary review.<ref>[http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/care.html ''The Second Circle''] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525014347/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/care.html |date=25 May 2010 }}</ref>


Adiga was subsequently hired by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', where he remained a [[South Asia]] correspondent for three years before going freelance.<ref>Adiga is the first current or former ''Time'' staffer to win the Man Booker Prize, or its predecessor, the Booker Prize.</ref> He wrote ''The White Tiger'' during this period. He now lives in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>[http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ "Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, reviewed by Aravind Adiga"], ''The Second Circle''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012020/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ |date=6 February 2010 }}</ref>
Adiga was subsequently hired by ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance.<ref>Adiga is the first current or former ''Time'' staffer to win the Man Booker Prize, or its predecessor, the Booker Prize.</ref> He wrote ''The White Tiger'' during this period. He now lives in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India.<ref>[http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ "Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey, reviewed by Aravind Adiga"], ''The Second Circle''. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012020/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ |date=6 February 2010 }}</ref>


===Booker Prize===
===Booker Prize===
Adiga's debut novel, ''[[The White Tiger (Adiga novel)|The White Tiger]]'', won the 2008 [[Booker Prize]] and has been adapted into a Netflix original movie ''[[The White Tiger (2021 film)|The White Tiger]]''.<ref name= "The White Tiger (2021 film)">{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Tiger_(2021_film)}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=May 2021}}  He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Arundhati Roy]], and [[Kiran Desai]]. [[V. S. Naipaul]], another winner, is ethnically Indian but was born on the Caribbean island of [[Trinidad]]. The novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the lead character, Balram, who comes from crushing rural poverty.<ref name="Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/09/boadi109.xml |title=Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga |first=Peter |last=Robins |date=9 August 2008 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022011323/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2008%2F08%2F09%2Fboadi109.xml |archive-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Adiga explained that "criticism by writers like [[Flaubert]], [[Balzac]] and [[Dickens]] of the 19th century helped England and France become better societies".<ref name="I highlighted India's brutal injustices: Adiga">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/16adiga.htm |title=I highlighted India's brutal injustices: Adiga |date=16 October 2008 |publisher=Rediff |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508040857/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/16adiga.htm |archive-date=8 May 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
Adiga's debut novel, ''[[The White Tiger (Adiga novel)|The White Tiger]]'', won the 2008 [[Booker Prize]] and has been adapted into a Netflix original movie ''[[The White Tiger (2021 film)|The White Tiger]]''. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Arundhati Roy]], and [[Kiran Desai]]. [[V. S. Naipaul]], another winner, is ethnically Indian but was born on the Caribbean island of [[Trinidad]]. The novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the lead character, Balram, who comes from crushing [[rural poverty]].<ref name="Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga ">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/08/09/boadi109.xml |title=Review: The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga |first=Peter |last=Robins |date=9 August 2008 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022011323/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2008%2F08%2F09%2Fboadi109.xml |archive-date=22 October 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> Adiga explained that "criticism by writers like [[Flaubert]], [[Balzac]] and [[Dickens]] of the 19th century helped England and France become better societies".<ref name="I highlighted India's brutal injustices: Adiga">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/16adiga.htm |title=I highlighted India's brutal injustices: Adiga |date=16 October 2008 |publisher=Rediff |access-date=16 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508040857/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/oct/16adiga.htm |archive-date=8 May 2009 |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>


Shortly after he won the prize, it was alleged that Adiga had, the previous year, sacked the agent who secured his contract with [[Atlantic Books]] at the 2007 [[London Book Fair]].<ref name="Booker in pocket, Aravind Adiga sacks agent">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/booker-in-pocket-aravind-adiga-sacks-agent/76764-19.html?from=search-relatedstories|title=Booker in pocket, Aravind Adiga sacks agent|date=26 October 2008|publisher=CNN-IBN|access-date=27 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081205183022/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/booker-in-pocket-aravind-adiga-sacks-agent/76764-19.html?from=search-relatedstories| archive-date= 5 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> In April 2009, it was announced that the novel would be adapted into a feature film.<ref>Kay, Jeremy (15 April 2009), [http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/uk-ireland/smuggler-ascension-acquire-2008-mann-booker-winner-white-tiger/5000306.article "Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger"], ''Screen Daily''.</ref> Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, ''The White Tiger''{{'}}s Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article148574.ece "Boom time for English-language books in India"], ''The Hindu'', 4 March 2010.</ref>
Shortly after he won the prize, it was alleged that Adiga had, the previous year, sacked the agent who secured his contract with [[Atlantic Books]] at the 2007 [[London Book Fair]].<ref name="Booker in pocket, Aravind Adiga sacks agent">{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/booker-in-pocket-aravind-adiga-sacks-agent/76764-19.html?from=search-relatedstories|title=Booker in pocket, Aravind Adiga sacks agent|date=26 October 2008|publisher=CNN-IBN|access-date=27 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081205183022/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/booker-in-pocket-aravind-adiga-sacks-agent/76764-19.html?from=search-relatedstories| archive-date= 5 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> In April 2009, it was announced that the novel would be adapted into a feature film.<ref>Kay, Jeremy (15 April 2009), [http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/uk-ireland/smuggler-ascension-acquire-2008-mann-booker-winner-white-tiger/5000306.article "Smuggler, Ascension acquire 2008 Mann Booker winner White Tiger"], ''Screen Daily''.</ref> Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, ''The White Tiger''{{'}}s Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article148574.ece "Boom time for English-language books in India"], ''The Hindu'', 4 March 2010.</ref>
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* [http://www.aravindadiga.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.aravindadiga.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/oct/161008-aravind-adiga-man-booker-prize-winner-teachers-nostalgia.htm About Aravind Adiga]
* [http://www.mid-day.com/news/2008/oct/161008-aravind-adiga-man-booker-prize-winner-teachers-nostalgia.htm About Aravind Adiga]
* [http://www.time.com/time/searchresults?query=%20ARAVIND%20ADIGA ''Time'' magazine – Search Results for Aravind Adiga]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081020080511/http://www.time.com/time/searchresults?query=%20ARAVIND%20ADIGA ''Time'' magazine – Search Results for Aravind Adiga]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012020/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ Articles by Aravind Adiga] for ''The Second Circle, A Review of Contemporary Literature''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100206012020/http://thesecondcircle.net/arv/ Articles by Aravind Adiga] for ''The Second Circle, A Review of Contemporary Literature''
* [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/express/india-a-view-from-below "Aravind Adiga in Conversation with Hirsh Sawhney"], ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'' (September 2008)
* [http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/09/express/india-a-view-from-below "Aravind Adiga in Conversation with Hirsh Sawhney"], ''[[The Brooklyn Rail]]'' (September 2008)

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Aravind Adiga
Born (1974-10-23) 23 October 1974 (age 51)
Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationWriter
Alma materColumbia University
Magdalen College, Oxford[1]
GenreNovel and short story
Notable worksThe White Tiger, Last Man in Tower, Selection Day
Notable awards2008 Man Booker Prize
(The White Tiger)[2]
Website
www.aravindadiga.com
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Aravind Adiga (born 23 October 1974)[3][4] is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.[5]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life and education[edit | edit source]

Aravind Adiga was born in Madras (now Chennai) on 23 October 1974 to Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga from Mangalore. His paternal grandfather was K. Suryanarayana Adiga, former chairman of Karnataka Bank,[6][7] and maternal great-grandfather, U. Rama Rao, was a popular medical practitioner and Congress politician from Madras.[8]

Adiga grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School and later at St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru, where he completed his SSLC in 1990.[7][9]

After emigrating to Sydney with his family, Aravind studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School. He later studied English literature at Columbia College of Columbia University, in New York City, under Simon Schama, and graduated as salutatorian in 1997.[10] He also studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, where one of his tutors was Hermione Lee.

Career[edit | edit source]

Aravind Adiga began his career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. With pieces published in the Financial Times and Money, he covered the stock market and investment. As a Times correspondent he interviewed US President Donald Trump.[11] His review of previous Booker Prize winner Peter Carey's 1988 book, Oscar and Lucinda, appeared in The Second Circle, an online literary review.[12]

Adiga was subsequently hired by Time, where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance.[13] He wrote The White Tiger during this period. He now lives in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.[14]

Booker Prize[edit | edit source]

Adiga's debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Booker Prize and has been adapted into a Netflix original movie The White Tiger. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, and Kiran Desai. V. S. Naipaul, another winner, is ethnically Indian but was born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. The novel studies the contrast between India's rise as a modern global economy and the lead character, Balram, who comes from crushing rural poverty.[15] Adiga explained that "criticism by writers like Flaubert, Balzac and Dickens of the 19th century helped England and France become better societies".[16]

Shortly after he won the prize, it was alleged that Adiga had, the previous year, sacked the agent who secured his contract with Atlantic Books at the 2007 London Book Fair.[17] In April 2009, it was announced that the novel would be adapted into a feature film.[18] Propelled mainly by the Booker Prize win, The White Tiger's Indian hardcover edition sold more than 200,000 copies.[19]

Academic criticism[edit | edit source]

The novel is described as a first-person Bildungsroman and placed within the wider context of contemporary Indian writing in English, as a novel about "the Darkness" (which reminds us of Dickens's London) and a fascinating success story about the overnight rise of one character from rags to riches, but also about India’s development as a global market economy. Mendes (2010) notices in this a certain artificiality, cleverly masked by irony, and remarks the Template:"'cardboard cut-out' title character equipped with an inauthentic voice that ultimately undermines issues of class politics" (p. 277). Pakistani blogger Sarmad Iqbal reviewed Adiga's The White Tiger for International Policy Digest, saying: "This novel in multiple ways was an eye opener for me about the rising India as being a Pakistani I grew up listening to and learning nothing good about India. As I got acquainted with all the dark secrets of a rising India divulged by Adiga in this novel, I came across several astonishing similarities between what goes in the 'enemy state' I knew from my childhood and my own country Pakistan."[20]

Other works[edit | edit source]

Adiga's second book, Between the Assassinations, was released in India in November 2008 and in the US and UK in mid-2009.[21][22] His third book, Last Man in Tower, was published in the UK in 2011. His next novel, Selection Day, was published on 8 September 2016.[23] Amnesty published in 2020 speaks of the pathetic condition of immigrants. It was shortlisted for the 2021 Miles Franklin Award.[24]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Novels[edit | edit source]

Short stories[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Aravind Adiga author biography". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Higgins, Charlotte (14 October 2008). "Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize with The White Tiger". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Adiga, Aravind (18 October 2008). "Provocation is one of the legitimate goals of literature". The Indian Express (Interview). Interviewed by Vijay Rana. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Indian Australian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize - Express India Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize". Agencies. Expressindia. 15 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-16.
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