Published Paper Details:

Aravind Adiga is a journalist by profession. As a part of his profession he has moved around India and collected material which is related and not related to the job, but it is useful. He has modified it into a novel that is Adiga's debut novel 'The White Tiger'. It is an epistolary novel, written in letters to the Chinese president by the protagonist Balram. Balram is a school drop-out, born in a poor family of sweet makers called Halwais. Presently when the novel is going on, they are no more sweet makers. His father is now a rickshaw puller, trying to meet both ends of the day. In such a situation, he has also the duty of a father of a daughter. He has to get his daughter married off. For this, he has taken a loan to give dowry to her. In order to clear it off, Balram also has to leave his school and join as a helper in a mechanic shop. He is a clever boy who wants to grow up in life. In the process of his letters to the Chinese Prime minister Jiabao, he explains the 'light' and 'dark' sides of the country, in seven letters each a day. My paper explores the ups and downs of Balram's life as a Halwai. His evolution from an innocent school dropout to a rich man, the owner of a taxi association which speaks about the contemporary conditions of the country.