2. Debut Novel by Arvind
Adiga.
Published in 2008 and won
the 40th booker prize.
3. About What The White Tiger
Is?
•The novel depicts two extreme sides of
India;The Darkness And The Light.
•Binary Narrative of Indian society in a letter
form having seven chapters.
• Balram Halwai, the only narrator spends
seven nights writing the letter to the
chienese premiere Wen Jiabao.
4. •Balram’s Perilous Journey to
discover&Rediscover his self and Identities
in different phases of life.
•He is an Enterpreneure who emerges from
“The India of Darkness” and enters into
“The India Of Light”.
•Incredible India-Unity in Diversity in India.
•Digital India-Technologically shining India.
5. • “Please understand, your exellency
that is two countries in one: An India
Light and An India of Darkness.”
•Light then becomes a multifaceted
symbol of time ,wealth,location and
obligstion.
•While Darkness represents the past,
poverty, rural India and most
importantly Loyality to family and
Master.
8. Individualism
•Balram – White Tiger.
•Symbol of Individuality
and Freedom.
•White Tiger symbolizes
Power in East Asian
Cultures.
9. Freedom
•Man’s quest for freedom.
•Finding Freedom in India’s modern capitalist
society.
“ They remain slaves because they can’t
see what is beautiful in this world.”
-Iqbal
12. Educational Backwardness
•People even don’t bother to name
their children.
•No Identity.
•Teachers looting the food and
money sanctioned for students.
15. Conclusion
•The White Tiger is a story of
RikshawalA’S MOVE FROM “Darkness’’
of Rustic India to the Light of Urban
Gurgaon.
•Balram: The White Tiger is a Man
Who is determined to succed by any
means possible.
