“There is no end in India, Mr. Jiabao,as Mr. Ashok so correctly used to say. You'll have to keep paying and paying the fuckers. But I complain about the police the way the rich complain; not the way the poor complain. The difference is everything.” PeopleMoneyPovertySociety Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“These are the three main diseases of this country, sir: typhoid, cholera, and election fever. This last one is the worst; it makes people talk and talk about things that they have no say in ... Would they do it this time? Would they beat the Great Socialist and win the elections? Had they raised enough money of their own, and bribed enough policemen, and bought enough fingerprints of their own, to win? Like eunuchs discussing the Kama Sutra, the voters discuss the elections in Laxmangarh.” PeopleCountryEnoughLastsThreeWinningWorstDiseaseBeatsElectionRaisedVotersSocialistPolicemenFeverDiscussingFingerprintsCholeraEunuchsTyphoid Book:The White Tiger: A Novel Source: The White Tiger: A Novel
“I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio was saying that that's why we Indian are going to beat you: we may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy. If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I am just a murderer!” PeopleIfsKnowsMenGivingFirstsMayStillsCountryWaterDemocracyPoliticianBeatsGoldDrinkingRadioDespiteTriumphIndianYellowMurdererMedalStatuesPipeGold MedalsDrinking WaterSewage Book:The White Tiger Source: The White Tiger
“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.” PeopleWritingCountryClassToo MuchMiddleIndianMiddle ClassPortraitsSlice Of Life Author:Aravind Adiga
“Indians mock their corrupt politicians relentlessly, but they regard their honest politicians with silent suspicion. The first thing they do when they hear of a supposedly 'clean' politician is to grin. It is a cliche that honest politicians in India tend to have dishonest sons, who collect money from people seeking an audience with Dad.” PeopleFirstsAudienceHonestSonDadPoliticianIndiaRegardCleanSilentSeekingSuspicionClicheMock Author:Aravind Adiga
“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.” PeopleKnowsMenI CanWorryHonestIndiaCorruptionComplaining Author:Aravind Adiga
“When I was writing 'The White Tiger' I lived in a building pretty much exactly like the one I described in this novel, and the people in the book are the people I lived with back then. So I didn't have to do much research to find them.” PeopleWritingBookWhiteNovelBuildingResearchTigers Author:Aravind Adiga
