is a well-known
personality who has written popular novels. Starting his career as a financial
journalist, he has managed to top the bestseller list in countries like the US and UK. His writing
has managed to inspire people all over the world.
Aravind Adiga is a journalist and writer of Indian origin;
he has written many reviews and novels that have made him very popular among
the public masses.
He has sold more than 200,000 million copies of his debut
novel The White Tiger (2008). He is one among the Indian authors like Salman
Rushdie and Kiran Desai to win the Booker prize in 2008.
Early Life and
Education
A Mangalorean by birth, he was born on the 23rd of October 1974 in Chennai. He did
his early schooling in Mangalore and secured the 1st rank in his SSLC. He
completed his high school at the James Ruse High School in Sydney as his family
had migrated to Australia by then.
Aravind graduated as a salutatorian from The Columbia
University in New York in 1997 where he studied with the famous British
historian Simon Schama.
Significant
Achievements
Aravind Adiga is best known for his novel The White Tiger
that is a novel about the captivating economic scenario in India and has
changed the perspective of people about the Indian Economy, with the birth of
the character Balram and his life in the city of Delhi. He began writing The
White Tiger in 2005, but gave up midway.
When he returned to India in
December 2006, he rewrote the book entirely and completed the book in early
January. The White Tiger has earned him recognition and Adiga is now a well
known person in the literary world, not only in India but overseas too.
He often elaborates on the high
and low points of the Indian economy and the possible effects that it has on
middle class men.
The novel exhibits the lives of
servants who serve businessmen in India and how a village illiterate goes on to
become an entrepreneur. Since The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga has written many online literary
pieces and articles for The Financial Times. His reviews have been published in
The Second Circle.
Between the Assassinations,
which was his second book, was released in India in 2008 and overseas in
mid-2009.
Current
Status
Adiga currently resides in
Mumbai, where he continues to voice his opinions to the public by giving interviews to newspapers and
magazines. He speaks his mind and his views on general topics are quite
influential.
He is currently writing his
third novel, which is awaited eagerly by all his fans.
ell-known
personality who has written popular novels. Starting his career as a financial
journalist, he has managed to top the bestseller list in countries like the US and UK. His writing
has managed to inspire people all over the world.
Aravind Adiga is a journalist and writer of Indian origin;
he has written many reviews and novels that have made him very popular among
the public masses.
He has sold more than 200,000 million copies of his debut
novel The White Tiger (2008). He is one among the Indian authors like Salman
Rushdie and Kiran Desai to win the Booker prize in 2008.
Early Life and
Education
A Mangalorean by birth, he was born on the 23rd of October 1974 in Chennai. He did
his early schooling in Mangalore and secured the 1st rank in his SSLC. He
completed his high school at the James Ruse High School in Sydney as his family
had migrated to Australia by then.
Aravind graduated as a salutatorian from The Columbia
University in New York in 1997 where he studied with the famous British
historian Simon Schama.
Significant
Achievements
Aravind Adiga is best known for his novel The White Tiger
that is a novel about the captivating economic scenario in India and has
changed the perspective of people about the Indian Economy, with the birth of
the character Balram and his life in the city of Delhi. He began writing The
White Tiger in 2005, but gave up midway.
When he returned to India in
December 2006, he rewrote the book entirely and completed the book in early
January. The White Tiger has earned him recognition and Adiga is now a well
known person in the literary world, not only in India but overseas too.
He often elaborates on the high
and low points of the Indian economy and the possible effects that it has on
middle class men.
The novel exhibits the lives of
servants who serve businessmen in India and how a village illiterate goes on to
become an entrepreneur. Since The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga has written many online literary
pieces and articles for The Financial Times. His reviews have been published in
The Second Circle.
Between the Assassinations,
which was his second book, was released in India in 2008 and overseas in
mid-2009.
Current
Status
Adiga currently resides in
Mumbai, where he continues to voice his opinions to the public by giving interviews to newspapers and
magazines. He speaks his mind and his views on general topics are quite
influential.
He is currently writing his
third novel, which is awaited eagerly by all his fans.
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