It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language. — Aravind Adiga Amazing moment Copy Share Image
“sardonic, seriocomic saga of the plight of India's poor.” — Aravind Adiga The-white-tiger Copy Share Image
I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open — Aravind Adiga Door Copy Share Image
“Who would have thought, Mr. Jiabao, that of this whole family, the lady with the short skirt would be the one with… — Aravind Adiga Family Copy Share Image
India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world. — Aravind Adiga Broken Copy Share Image
“In a socialistic economy, the small businessman has to be a thief to prosper.” — Aravind Adiga Economics Copy Share Image
Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing? — Aravind Adiga Behinds Copy Share Image
Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence. — Aravind Adiga Animal Copy Share Image
In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in… — Aravind Adiga Awe Copy Share Image
The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy. — Aravind Adiga Bases Copy Share Image
We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in, — Aravind Adiga Coop Copy Share Image
In a sense, being a full-time writer is less fun because there's no office to go to anymore, there's no set routine,… — Aravind Adiga Fun Copy Share Image
“When he caught his breath, he said, “My whole life, I have been treated like a donkey. All I want is that… — Aravind Adiga Life Copy Share Image
The book of your revolution sits in the pit of your belly, young Indian. Crap it out, and read. Instead of which,… — Aravind Adiga Advertisements Copy Share Image
At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West,… — Aravind Adiga Brutal Copy Share Image
“But isn't it likely that everyone in this world...has killed someone or other on their way to the top?...All I wanted was… — Aravind Adiga Be a man Copy Share Image
...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man,… — Aravind Adiga Abuse Copy Share Image
It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that's not… — Aravind Adiga Book 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.… — Aravind Adiga Krishna Copy Share Image
“So I stood around that big square of books. Standing around books, even books in a foreign language, you feel a kind… — Aravind Adiga Books 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… — Aravind Adiga Mind Copy Share Image
“It is an ancient and venerated custom of people in my country to start a story by praying to a Higher Power.… — Aravind Adiga Higher power Copy Share Image
These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it… — Aravind Adiga Beats Copy Share Image
Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though… — Aravind Adiga America Copy Share Image
Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed...she had suspended Indian… — Aravind Adiga Ambiguous Copy Share Image
Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they… — Aravind Adiga Audience Copy Share Image
“Out of respect for the love of liberty shown by the Chinese people, and also in the belief that the future of… — Aravind Adiga Cell phone Copy Share Image
“From the advertisement, his eyes moved up the skywalk, the zigzagging metal bridge that connected various locations in the neighborhood to the… — Aravind Adiga Hell 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… — Aravind Adiga Red light 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… — Aravind Adiga Aravind-adiga Copy Share Image
“The Light and the Darkness both flow in to Delhi. Gurgaon, where Mr. Ashok lived, is the bright, modern end of the… — Aravind Adiga Books Copy Share Image
“He read me another poem, and another one - and he explained the true history of poetry, which is a kind of… — Aravind Adiga History 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.… — Aravind Adiga Chauffeur Copy Share Image
“Out of respect for the love of liberty shown by the Chinese people, and also in the belief that the future of… — Aravind Adiga American business Copy Share Image
“Me, and thousands of others in this country like me, are half-baked, because we were never allowed to complete our schooling. Open… — Aravind Adiga Education Copy Share Image
