It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language. — Aravind Adiga Amazing moment Copy Share Image
Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping. — Aravind Adiga Inspirational 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 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
India's great economic boom, the arrival of the Internet and outsourcing, have broken the wall between provincial India and the world. — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“In a socialistic economy, the small businessman has to be a thief to prosper.” — Aravind Adiga Economics 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
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
The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave — Aravind Adiga Beautiful Copy Share Image
“When it comes to work - hurry, hurry, hurry. When it comes to payment - delay, delay, delay. Caste, religion, family background… — Aravind Adiga Family 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
“An Indian Revolution? No Sir. It won't happen. People in this country are still waiting for the war of their freedom from… — Aravind Adiga Revolution Copy Share Image
“Being called a murderer: fine, I have no objection to that. It's a fact: I am a sinner, a fallen human. But… — Aravind Adiga Democracy Copy Share Image
Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and… — Aravind Adiga Class Copy Share Image
In terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind… — Aravind Adiga Business Copy Share Image
I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city… — Aravind Adiga Cities 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
Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations… — Aravind Adiga Army 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
“Incidentally, sir, while we're on the topic of yoga - may I just say that an hour of deep breathing, yoga, and… — Aravind Adiga Business 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… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
“I thought, What a miserable life he's had, having to hide his religion, his name, just to get a job as a… — Aravind Adiga Funny 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 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
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
“There was a fierce jam on the road to Gurgaon. Every five minutes the traffic would tremble - we'd move a foot… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in, — Aravind Adiga Coop Copy Share Image
The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy. — Aravind Adiga 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
Like most of my friends in school, I was a member of multiple circulating libraries; and all of us, to begin with,… — Aravind Adiga 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 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
