Aravind AdigaGo to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the … ▶371HopeHumanity
Aravind AdigaThe moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger: A Novel, p.236, Simon and Schuster311ReadingTime
Aravind AdigaColumbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.345Reading
Aravind AdigaIt's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.177, Atlantic Books Ltd326ReadingTime
Aravind AdigaIn terms of formal education, I may somewhat lacking. I never finished school. I am a self-taught entrepreneur, that's the best kind there is, trust me ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008… ▶3410Reading
Aravind AdigaA man's past keeps growing, even when his future has come to a full stop. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2011). Last Man in Tower, p.150, Atlantic Books Ltd285HopeReadingTime
Aravind AdigaDo you know about Hanuman, sir? He was the faithful servant of the god Rama, and we worship him in our temples because he is a shining example of how to serve your masters with ab… ▶285HopeLoveReading
Aravind AdigaThe trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.105, Atlantic Books Ltd242Reading
Aravind AdigaI put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him suffer like this - but where my genuine concern for him ended… ▶308Love
Aravind AdigaThese 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… ▶253HumanityReadingTime
Aravind AdigaYou can't expect a man in a dung heap to smell sweet. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.24, Atlantic Books Ltd286Reading
Aravind AdigaThe coop is guarded from the inside. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger: A Novel, p.166, Simon and Schuster264Reading
Aravind AdigaSee, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor. ✨ FaceBook p… ▶243Reading
Aravind AdigaI’ve lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.232Politics
Aravind AdigaNever before in human history have so few owed so much to so many, Mr. Jiabao. A handful of men in this country have trained the remaining 99.9 percent—as strong, as talented, as … ▶245HumanityReading
Aravind AdigaYou ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). Th… ▶258Reading
Aravind AdigaA White Tiger keeps no friends. It's too dangerous. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.178, Atlantic Books Ltd248Reading
Aravind Adiga...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself through buggery, cell phone usage, a… ▶215HopeTime
Aravind AdigaLet animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence. ✨ FaceBook post byAravind Adiga from Jan 15, 2012172HumanityPhilosophyReading
Aravind AdigaI 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… ▶2510HumanityPoliticsReading
Aravind AdigaNothing can stop a living thing that wants to be free ✨ Aravind Adiga (2011). Last Man in Tower, p.419, Atlantic Books Ltd216LifeReading
Aravind AdigaGo to the tea shop anywhere along the Ganga, sir, and look at the men working in that tea shop - men, I say, but better to call them human spiders that go crawling in between and … ▶238HumanityReadingTruth
Aravind AdigaWe are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in.216Thought
Aravind AdigaHaving plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be.227Life
Aravind AdigaNeither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.186, Atlantic Books Ltd2510Reading
Aravind AdigaStrange thoughts brew in your heart when you spend too much time with old books217LoveReadingThought
Aravind AdigaNeither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger, p.7, Atlantic Books Ltd219Reading
Aravind AdigaI was looking for the key for years But the door was always open ✨ Aravind Adiga (2008). The White Tiger: A Novel, p.216, Simon and Schuster176Reading
Aravind AdigaInconvenience in progress, work is regretted. ✨ Aravind Adiga (2011). Last Man in Tower, p.97, Atlantic Books Ltd199Reading
Aravind AdigaDo we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing? ✨ The White Tiger. Book by Aravind Adiga, www.theguardian.com. August 22, … ▶155LoveReading