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The White Tiger is a novel by Indian author Aravind Adiga.It was published in 2008 and won the 40th Booker Prize the same year. [1] The novel provides a darkly humorous perspective of India's class struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram Halwai, a village boy.
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.
It was Adiga's second published book, though it was either written before his first, The White Tiger, [6] or written in parallel with The White Tiger. [3] [5] The title refers to the period between the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984 and the assassination of her son, Rajiv Gandhi, in 1991. [4]
Bahrani and Azimi both served as producers on “The White Tiger,” Adiga’s New York Times bestseller and Man Booker Prize-winning novel, which was released by the streamer on Jan. 22.
The White Tiger is a 2021 drama film, written and directed by Ramin Bahrani.The film stars Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, and Rajkummar Rao.The film was produced by Mukul Deora and Ramin Bahrani, and executive produced by Chopra Jonas, Prem Akkaraju, and Ava DuVernay.
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In 2008, Aravind Adiga received the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel The White Tiger. Recent writers in India such as Arundhati Roy and David Davidar show a direction towards contextuality and rootedness in their works.