“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
When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was… — Aravind Adiga Cities Copy Share Image
Greenwich Village always had its share of mind readers, but there are many more these days, and they seem to have moved… — Aravind Adiga Books Copy Share Image
Never before in human history have so few owed so much to so many, Mr. Jiabao. A handful of men in this… — Aravind Adiga Country Copy Share Image
Mangalore, the coastal Indian town where I lived until I was almost 16, is now a booming city of malls and call-centres.… — Aravind Adiga Centre 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 Aravind-adiga Copy Share Image
Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the… — Aravind Adiga Crosses Copy Share Image
I had grown up in a privileged, upper-caste Hindu community; and because my father worked for a Catholic hospital, we lived in… — Aravind Adiga Castes Copy Share Image
I was looking for the key for years But the door was always open — Aravind Adiga Doors 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
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
A man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop. — Aravind Adiga Growing 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
I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart… — Aravind Adiga Behinds 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… — Aravind Adiga Aravind-adiga Copy Share Image
“I guess, your Excellency, that I too should start off by kissing some god's arse. Wich god's arse, though? There are so… — Aravind Adiga Christianity Copy Share Image
I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell. — Aravind Adiga Books 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
“I am a self-taught entrepreneur. That’s the best kind there is, trust me.” — Aravind Adiga Business Copy Share Image
“He shook his head, but I kept flattering him, telling him how fine his beard was, how fair his skin was (ha!),… — Aravind Adiga Flattery Copy Share Image
“The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters or entrepreneurs. The coop is… — Aravind Adiga Business Copy Share Image
With their tinted windows up, the cars of the rich go like dark eggs down the roads of Delhi. Every now and… — Aravind Adiga Bangles Copy Share Image
Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is… — Aravind Adiga Antithesis Copy Share Image
Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men,… — Aravind Adiga Boys Copy Share Image
