![]() The first-person confession of a murderer, "The White Tiger" is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. The White Tiger, novel by Aravind Adiga, published in 2008. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master."The White Tiger" presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. Adarsh Gourav and Rajkummar Rao in 'The White Tiger' Everett. The book garnered mixed reactions from the readers for. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. Aravind Adiga was born in India in 1974 and attended Columbia and Oxford universities. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga was published in 2008 and won the Man Booker Prize in the same year. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. ![]()
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