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Indian novelist Aravind Adiga wins Booker prize

London, October 15:: Beating predictions by bookies and others, debutant Indian novelist 33-year-old Aravind Adiga's book 'The White Tiger' was declared the winner of the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2008. Adiga beat favourite Sebastian Barry to take the 50,000 pound (USD 47,000) prize. The other au ....Read more

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"WHITE COMEDY"By: Rudolph.a.Furtado | Wednesday , 15 Oct '08 14:20:32 PM Reply | Forward "COPY CAT OF THE INTERNET"?!. Right says "CAT MATAHARI"(15/10/08 Wednesday)

Booker PrizeBy: Ajith Kumar | Wednesday , 15 Oct '08 10:11:46 AM Reply | Forward Let us hope that the doesn't go the Arundhati Roy way by declaring himself a republic with his own constitution.

adigaBy: raj | Wednesday , 15 Oct '08 10:06:47 AM Reply | Forward (continued from previous post)And so to Agida, I say, congratulations on your award. Enjoy the money and fame, but it represents nothing but your slavery to Europeans; The Indian and Hindu culture that you love to hate and profit from is much stronger than your measly, overrated book. This will probably be the last book you write that gets any sort of recognition. I'm sure your bosses will find another eager Indian in a few years to replace you.

White TigerBy: Barney | Saturday , 8 Nov '08 12:03:40 PM Reply | Forward A well-balanced appraisal, Raj; huge chip on each shoulder - eyes wide shut - mind open for narrow business only. All that hatred is only in YOUR head. Adiga's novel reflects many aspects of Indian society in a clear, comedic way which may help all take a more comprehensive view of what is, without offending anyone.

adigaBy: raj | Wednesday , 15 Oct '08 10:05:34 AM Reply | Forward (continued from previous post)In his cliched book and interviews, Adiga whines on and on about India's social system, completely failing to realize how unique, tolerant, strong, just, diverse, and ancient it is. But Adiga, like many others, realized he could get some prizes and fame by bashing India. How pathetic. It's time Indians and Hindus get organized and establish their own awards instead of continuing to rely on our colonial masters for recognition. We shouldn't rely on others for our succcess, because when we do, we fall into a system where we must constantly denigrate ourselves and our culture to do so. The good news is that in the end, people like Agida, Mishra, Senupgta, Roy, and others will be mere footnotes, nothing but servants desperately trying to curry favor with their white masters. Ultimately, Indian culture will survive and continue to grow, as it has for thousands of years.

adiga By: raj | Wednesday , 15 Oct '08 10:04:05 AM Reply | Forward It's the same old story: an Indian decides to get famous and make a quick buck by bashing India and Hindus. And so it is with Aravind Adiga, the latest in a long line of Indian sell-outs rising in the West by bashing their motherland. We see this pattern all too often, whether Pankaj Mishra obsessively knocking Hindus and India, or Somini Sengupta attacking Hinduism anytime she can in the pages of the New York Times, or Arundhati Roy (another literary star loved by the West) irrationally siding with Islamist extremists and murderous Maoists over India. At the same time, it's not surprising. These people are so eager to please white Americans, Europeans, and Arabs by showing they can hate India and Hinduism as much as white people can. These people have no support among Hindus and Indians; their only backing is from places like America, England, or other European countries that have nothing but contempt for the cultures of the East.

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