Review: The White Tiger (Novel)

Novel: The White Tiger (Fiction, 2008)
Author: Arvind Adiga
Publisher: HarperCollins

The review is somewhat late (by 2 years, only!), but I wish to give some crisp review of whatever I read, then it could be a 50 yrs old writing. Yeah. Especially for those who didn’t read it.

• The White Tiger is first novel of Arvind Adiga and lucky guy won The Man Booker Prize, 2008, at first attempt
  
  
• The entire book is in the form of a letter to the Premier of People’s Republic of China, Wen Jiabao, who is scheduled to visit India and is keen to know about the development of Bangalore and the entrepreneurs there
  
  
• Story is of Balram Halwai alias Munna, the main character and narrator in the book
  
  
• Book is about Balram’s journey from a school boy to a tea stall worker to a driver to a murderer and to a entrepreneur. From Laxamangarh in Gaya Dist. to Delhi to Bangalore
  
  
• Enlightens us about the life and relationship of the dedicated servant and master in the democratic (?) India, about America returned confused being, about rotten bureaucrats and rotting Indian system, about the eccentric lifestyles of categories of people, about China, America and much more to mention here
  
  
• There are many moments when you can hear yourself crying out words like -- Yuk!...EEEEEEEE!(if u r a girl ;)), how he could!! And many of your personal vocabulary gathering
  
  
• You may hate Delhi and overall metros at some (rather many) points. Sometimes India too
  
  
• And you may hate your driver too, if you have one
  
  
• Its humorous, justifiable and unjustifiable at the same time, very angry sometimes and very true
  
  
• Simple and slangy in expression
  
  
• Ratings???? - - 4.13 Stars out of 5

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An Outreach

Hey all,

This is something really extraordinary.

Please read this article here from rediff on an extraordinary Indian.

N Krishnan feeds 400 mentally ill people on the streets of Madurai three times a day, every day, all 365 days of the year.

His organization is called Akshya Trust.

Hats Off to such extraordinariness.

We Cure Insomnia

Best treatment for person with Insomnia… (by Alan & Sandy Carey)

Patient will fall asleep by just looking at them. No medications involved.

Aren’t they tooooo cute???

Too much to read

Too precious to waste…

Discovery channel says, after 30 years, 1 liter water will cost more than 1 liter of petrol, too much eh?

Too innocent to poach…

Tiger Population in India -
At the beginning of 19^th century - 45,000 ----------Year 2008 – Approx - 1411 or may be less…
Tiger – India’s National Animal…really?

The few minutes nuisance…

The result of few minutes of comfort, PLASTIC Bags--- I-WILL-NOT-DECOMPOSE-EVEN-AFTER-1000 YEARS…..It’s always wise to carry your own carriers.

A shop owner said to customer, “madam, please get your own bag, coz I have to pay 58 paise, for one polythene bag, if you buy one milk pouch, I would hardly earn anything on it.”

I would suggest to tax polythene bags to take that amount to at least 3-5 Rs, eventually, usage MIGHT decrease.

GM Crops – A harmful boon?

I have heard some positive but also some threatening facts about GM.

Positive like increased productivity, pest resistance properties, improved yield, less maintenance…

Negative developments like low quality, crop limitations as it is alleged that the land cultivated with GM do not support any other crop/seed due to its harmful chemical releases in that land, generation of new pests. It is also said that GM’s high cost and non availability and total dependence on it is one of the cause of endless suicides of cotton growing farmers in Maharashtra.

I don’t know if too much interference in all the natural processes is really gonna help.

Having info on GM or any other issue? Do Share.

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