Aravind Adiga Quotes

Aravind Adiga — Indian Writer born on October 23, 1974,

Aravind Adiga (Kannada: ಅರವಿಂದ ಅಡಿಗ) is an Indian-Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize... (wikipedia)

In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.

Too much of Indian writing in English, it seemed to me, consisted of middle-class people writing about other middle-class people - and a small slice of life being passed off as an authentic portrait of the country.

I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.

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.

Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about.

Aravind Adiga Quotes

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