Every book is a
Every book is a kind of struggle, and it’s a miracle when it comes out. Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga
I want to read
I want to read Keats and Wordsworth, Hemingway, George Orwell. Aravind Adiga
Go to the tea
Go to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop – men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and under the tables with rags in their hands, crushed humans in crushed uniforms, sluggish, unshaven, in their thirties … Read more
When I was growing
When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter. Aravind Adiga
Because in this world,
Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you? Aravind Adiga
Here’s a strange fact:
Here’s a strange fact: murder a man, and you feel responsible for his life – ”possessive”, even. You know more about him than his father and mother; they knew his fetus, but you know his corpse. Only you can complete the story of his life, only you know why his body has to be pushed … Read more
It has always been
It has always been very difficult for writers to survive commercially in India because the market was so small. But that’s not true at all any more. It’s one of the world’s fastest growing and most vibrant markets for books, especially in English. Aravind Adiga
When I was writing
When I was writing ‘The White Tiger’ I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn’t have to do much research to find them. Aravind Adiga
But isn’t it likely
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 a chance to be a man–and for that, one murder is enough. Aravind Adiga
Indira Gandhi had been
Indira Gandhi had been this very powerful, dominating, ambiguous mother figure. Ambiguous because she was tyrannical, she had imposed…she had suspended Indian democracy for a few years but she also was the woman who had defeated Pakistan in war at a time when most male politicians in India had secretly feared fighting that war, so … Read more