Money Quote by Aravind Adiga

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

— Aravind Adiga

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

“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

I am coming back to New York after five years, and it seems that psychics are taking over the city.

— Aravind Adiga

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

I’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.

— Aravind Adiga

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.

— Aravind Adiga

“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

“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

“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

“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background nothing. Talent…

— Aravind Adiga

“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