The-white-tiger Quote by Aravind Adiga Download Open image ““sardonic, seriocomic saga of the plight of India's poor.”” — Aravind Adiga ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare The-white-tiger
“This is the secret of the political history of modern India. Weakened by division, it succumbed to invaders; impoverished by invaders, it lost all… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“I am out here to work, mind, to hold this wretched country by force. I'm not a missionary or a Labour Member or a… — E.M. Forster Copy Share Image
“The trouble is Indians aren't used to being prosperous. We are more comfortable dealing with poverty- after all, poverty has been the staple here,… — Shobhaa De Copy Share Image
“And yet here there was tranquility, efficiency, a certain new-world courtesy and civility all their own. There were amazing facilities to study, unimaginable in… — Anurag Mathur Copy Share Image
“It is all about the trade of ignorance. And India is such a bronze-age nation that is filled with these trades (astrology, palm reading,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.” – Khalil Gibran” — Stellan Moreira Copy Share Image
“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.” — Plato Copy Share Image
“The record is broken and incomplete, not because India ever rested, but because war and the idol-smashing ecstasies of Moslems destroyed uncounted masterpieces of… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“If it is true that one is poor on account of all the things one wants, the ambitious and the avaricious languish in extreme… — Jean de La Bruyère Copy Share Image
“In my view the imposing tower of misery which today rests on the heart of India has its sole foundation in the absence of… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
“In India, the past refuses to die, undisturbed by new realities.” — Paul William Roberts Copy Share Image
Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Every day, on the roads of Delhi, some chauffeur is driving an empty car with a black suitcase sitting on the backseat. Inside that… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“People in this country are still waiting for the war of their freedom to come from somewhere else, from the jungles, from the mountains,… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“These people were building homes for the rich, but they lived in tents covered with blue tarpaulin sheets, and partitioned into lanes by lines… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“And then he realized that the thing that was blocking his passage was cleared, and he was falling; his body had begun its short… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background nothing. Talent… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“There was a fierce jam on the road to Gurgaon. Every five minutes the traffic would tremble - we'd move a foot - hope… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Every day, on the roads of Delhi, some chauffeur is driving an empty car with a black suitcase sitting on the backseat. Inside that… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
Here's a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life - ''possessive'', even. You know more about him than his… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“We may not have sewage, drinking water, and olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy.” — Arvind Adiga Copy Share Image
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. ''Ours'' is different. My father's spine was a knotted… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“We'll call you... Ram. Wait - don't we have a Ram in this class? I don't want any confusion, it'll be Balram. You know… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“Just because drivers and cooks in Delhi are reading Murder Weekly, it doesn't mean that they are all about to slit their masters' necks.… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“But I complain about the police the way the rich complain; not the way the poor complain. The difference is everything.” — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“The Great Socialist himself is said to have embezzled one billion rupees from the Darkness, and transferred that money into a bank account in… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
