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Aravind Adiga’s enchanting, incisive debut novel

Posted by Sandeep

Aravind Adiga's fascinating debut novel explores with wit and insight of life of the two Indians & depicts India as a place that has "has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality”. The book also depicts India as a place where parents don’t bother to baptize their children.

'The White Tiger' is in the narrative form of a letter composed over seven nights to the Chinese premier scheduled to visit India to take a look at the true colors of Bangalore. With a caustic and funny protagonist Balram Halwai, son of a bicycle rickshaw driver from Laxmangarh, a small village in the desert state of Rajasthan, the book leads you into the dark parts of India describing the injustices of the contemporary Indian society.

Its probably safe to claim the fact that one cannot get through news articles these days without reading about the economies of India or China. Everyone claims that India is on its way to become the economic powerhouse of the world, and disregard the "poor continue to be poor" verity.

Adiga's training as a journalist lends the immediacy of the reality of life in India today with the precision overshadowing the realities at hand. To summarise it is quick, entertaining, chirpy and full of life. I recommend every fiction lover to go ahead and grab an ORIGINAL copy paying all due respect to the author.

My 2 cents on InterviewStreet.com

Posted by Sandeep

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Who do you blame? The Industry? Universities? Or the entire Education system? Frankly, I find this situation similar to accusing the political system. We know that it is of no use and yet we do it.

Ok! Lets not get into politics right now!! Now this is where I find InterviewStreet pretty useful. Not only because it connects corporates to campuses but also it bridges the gap between what is taught in colleges and what is expected by the companies, which is what the students crave for. What are you waiting for? Try it!!