Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adigais an Indian-Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth23 October 1974
CountryIndia
important trying world
At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of society.
speak-english speak said
Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
men past growing
A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop.
genuine-concern roosters mystery
We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in,
life years keys
I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open
country brother lying
Go to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them.They know they are next, yet they cannot rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop. The very same thing is done with humans in this country.
sweet men smell
You can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet.
dad son people
Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.
beautiful lessons-to-be-learned lesson-learned
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave
money cash language
It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.
countries several
I never did very well as an immigrant. I've lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.
corners divide notice servants society standing
If we were in India now, there would be servants standing in the corners of this room and I wouldn't notice them. That is what my society is like, that is what the divide is like.