Research Scholar, Department of English, CDLU, Sirsa
Online published on 15 March, 2019.
The present scenario of Indian English writing has undergone a sea-change ever since its inception in the 1820's when the Indians started expressing themselves in a foreign language due to the influence of the alien rulers. “The White Tiger ”shows the most heart-rending picture of imbalanced societies in India and also a record of sharp and glaring look at modern day India. Arvind Adiga, Booker Prize Award winner, has successfully interpreted modern Indian ethos from the point of view of lower class in his debut novel ‘The White Tiger'. Adiga debunks the age-old division between the rich and the poor, existing caste system, corruption in Indian politics and the miraculous economic growth in India. Arvind Adiga is interested not only in demand of revolution but also change of heart. The novel describes the positive and negative development in the early free Indian villages.
Caste system, Dark India, white India, Free Markets