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Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger, Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2008, is basically about the journey of a man named Balram Halwai from the poverty of the poor village in the country side to being a success in India.
Halwai, born in Laxamangarh, grown up seeing his father as a rickshaw puller who finally died from cough and tuberculosis in a public hospital. Balram, nicknamed as the White Tiger ( a creature that comes along only once in a generation) in his school days, dropped out of school earl ...more
Halwai, born in Laxamangarh, grown up seeing his father as a rickshaw puller who finally died from cough and tuberculosis in a public hospital. Balram, nicknamed as the White Tiger ( a creature that comes along only once in a generation) in his school days, dropped out of school earl ...more
Loved this book...it was funny, it was bittersweet, and it was sad. I love a creative story and this one was. I loved the whole premise that it was a Indian entreprenaur murderer who was writing to a prime minister of China that was coming to visit India. The author gave us wonderful glimpses into modern India, which is still tainted by its caste past. The ability of the author to weave humor into the hopelessness of the poor, and the idiotcy of the powerful.
This book left me feeling confused. I felt that I should dislike Balram for many of the things he did, but I just couldn't. The author manages to make you... not like exactly, but at least feel that you understand Balram. Very interesting read.
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I really enjoyed the insight into Indian culture. The caste system is so inhumane and the suffering and indifference to suffering is difficult to understand.
This was an extremely difficult book to get into and stay involved in but I did it. The only reason I think he won the Man Booker prize for this book was because he came out and made statements about the Indian culture that most people in this culture would not make or be embarassed to have you know this type of behavior. The whole book was about the "ME" attitude and the what "I" can get out of them attitude. The way he portrayed his family and how he used them and his so called "Friends" was u
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This is the stories about the humble beginnings of an Indian ganster. It was a really enjoyable, hip read. India is the only foreign country I've visited, and thus, I enjoy learning more about the culture. The only thing I wished for was more time with the protagonist as the White Tiger. I expected the story to be a lot more gritty than it was, but maybe that was the whole point. Anyways, it's an excellent pickup.
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