This novel is the X-Ray image of a diseased body and Adiga refers India as only the skeletons are remaining and whole of the body is eaten up by bureaucrats and the other corrupted people. Adiga has talked about 2 Indias, an India of light and the another India of darkness. The rural or the village is called as Dark India and urban or city is called as the India of Light. In the novel, Balram Halwai goes from darkness towards light. Adiga gives us a collage of images of Indians. Most of the people in India are corrupted, poor, blind follower of religion and so on. Adiga criticizes Indian society and it becomes problematic when someone starts criticizing his own nation.
Yes, it is true that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of "rags to riches". This means a person moving from poverty towards wealth. Adiga, in a very satiric way uses these words which we can also say is referred to persons like Dhirubhai Ambani, Narendra Modi etc. Balram belonged to a poor family. His father was a rickshaw puller. Balram couldn't complete his studies and worked at a tea stall. From there, he goes to Delhi and becomes a taxi driver. He then kills master and becomes a murderer, works in a call center, becomes a businessman and finally an entrepreneur. So after reading this novel, we can say that Balram became a successful person from a poor man.
"Language bears within itself the necessity of its own critique". This novel can also be deconstructed using this theory. But we get many questions raised in our mind as India is shown in a very negative way. The question raised are like how much authentic the narrator is, how can we trust on the things which are told about India etc. The questions are that we cannot rely fully on this text as the narrator is himself a murderer and he has a little experience of practical life and he calls himself "Half- baked Indian". he represents the picture of India in a narrow vision.
Yes, it is true that Balram's story is the archetype of all stories of "rags to riches". This means a person moving from poverty towards wealth. Adiga, in a very satiric way uses these words which we can also say is referred to persons like Dhirubhai Ambani, Narendra Modi etc. Balram belonged to a poor family. His father was a rickshaw puller. Balram couldn't complete his studies and worked at a tea stall. From there, he goes to Delhi and becomes a taxi driver. He then kills master and becomes a murderer, works in a call center, becomes a businessman and finally an entrepreneur. So after reading this novel, we can say that Balram became a successful person from a poor man.
"Language bears within itself the necessity of its own critique". This novel can also be deconstructed using this theory. But we get many questions raised in our mind as India is shown in a very negative way. The question raised are like how much authentic the narrator is, how can we trust on the things which are told about India etc. The questions are that we cannot rely fully on this text as the narrator is himself a murderer and he has a little experience of practical life and he calls himself "Half- baked Indian". he represents the picture of India in a narrow vision.
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