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Aravind Adiga

Indian journalist and author · India · Journalists · Born 1974 · age 52

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Aravind Adiga is an Indian-born Australian writer and journalist. His debut novel, The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize.

A life in dates

2008“Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.”In their wordsThe First Night.Read the whole statement

“Now, there are some, and I don’t just mean Communists like you, but thinking men of all political parties, who think that not many of these gods actually exist.”In their wordsThe First Night.Read the whole statement

“By the way, Mr. Premier: Have you ever noticed that all four of the greatest poets in the world are Muslim?”In their wordsThe First Night.Read the whole statement

“The great man folded his palms and bowed all around him. He had one of those either/or faces that all great Indian politicians have.”In their wordsThe Third Night.Read the whole statement

“With their tinted windows up, the cars of the rich go like dark eggs down the roads of Delhi.”In their wordsThe Fourth Night.Read the whole statement

“The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.”In their wordsThe Sixth Night.Read the whole statement

Booker PrizeAward1974Born23 October 1974

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Aravind Adiga

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Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
2008, The First Night., Own words
Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don’t have entrepreneurs.
2008, The First Night., Own words
Now, there are some, and I don’t just mean Communists like you, but thinking men of all political parties, who think that not many of these gods actually exist.
2008, The First Night., Own words

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Awards

Booker Prize2008

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India

In common with Aravind

Ava DuVernayAlso in The White Tiger (2021)

Adarsh GouravAlso in The White Tiger (2021)

Sooni TaraporevalaAlso in Last Man in Tower (2026)

Rajkummar RaoAlso in The White Tiger (2021)

Swaroop SampatAlso in The White Tiger (2021)

Priyanka ChopraAlso in The White Tiger (2021)

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