SOCIAL REALISM IN ARAVIND ADIGA`S THE WHITE TIGER

Abstract

India  got  its  political independence  in 1947.  Even after many decades,   millions  of  Indians  suffer  from lack of basic  amenities.  The  onset  of  globalization has  only  sharpened  the  great  socio-economic  divide  that marks  the  postmodern, postcolonial  India.  On  the one hand,   we have  smart cities,  metro trains, flyovers and airports ; on the  other hand,  there are millions  of  villages  which lack  from basic amenities of  life.  The  predicament of the have-nots  have  caught  the imagination  of  the Indian  English  writers, starting from  Mulk raj Anand.   Aravind  Adiga  is a  critically acclaimed  novelist to  emerge  in  current  times. His The White  Tiger  got  him  the  Booker  Prize.  In this work,  he has  mercilessly probed the  woes  that plague  modern India,  combining   realism, humour and satire.  The present  article is  a  study of   the  social  realism in  The White Tiger.