Just completed the "The White Tiger" the winner of Man Booker Prize by Arvind Adiga ! I took 3 days to complete it. Today is third.
I would say the book deserved the Man Booker. Marvellous narrative by arvind. Epic description of modern India. The way he described the darkness and the light is impressive. Description of the cities , delhi and Bangalore ,is fascinating. Not every eye catches such a view of the place where they live. A chauffeur's view of the national capital . The coal scam . The reality of darkness. The rooster coop!
Very impressive! Well , arvind adiga has one more name in his big fan list!
I would like to relate this " rooster coop " description by arvind to an article I read in the Hindu a few days back.
There is this village in Uttar Pradesh , one of the biggest state in India, where all the women are forced into the profession of prostitution . And most surprisingly the men of the village make sure that all the women join prostitution at a very early age . What the fuck! Appalling! Isn't it? Here comes the the rooster coop , women of the village have no choice but to join prostitution . They have inherited prostitution !
It's been in their families since the time of British and since then it has become a tradition !
These women have no choice but to adopt it . Even if someone tries to move out, the rooster coop doesn't allow. They are trapped in the rooster coop of India.
The column in the Hindu described the story of a women who gets out of the rooster coop and is now running a school in the same village to make sure that the girls in the village gets prior knowledge in their childhood to fight the world! Education definitely plays an important role!
But this is pathetic , a village full of forced prostitutes and the world is still watching! Most of their costumers are politicians and police men , so they won't be helping of course. Even the men of the village have a handsome source of income if their women works as prostitute , and they don't have to work! So , everything is against the women of village. And none of the women marry in the village , but they obviously gets pregnant. And most of them end up never knowing the name of their love makers.
Isn't it even bad for the children who live their whole lives unaware of who their father is? They might be be the son/daughter of a politician !
Well , for the book it is a must read especially for the new generation like me. I would rate it 4 out of 5.
I would say the book deserved the Man Booker. Marvellous narrative by arvind. Epic description of modern India. The way he described the darkness and the light is impressive. Description of the cities , delhi and Bangalore ,is fascinating. Not every eye catches such a view of the place where they live. A chauffeur's view of the national capital . The coal scam . The reality of darkness. The rooster coop!
Very impressive! Well , arvind adiga has one more name in his big fan list!
I would like to relate this " rooster coop " description by arvind to an article I read in the Hindu a few days back.
There is this village in Uttar Pradesh , one of the biggest state in India, where all the women are forced into the profession of prostitution . And most surprisingly the men of the village make sure that all the women join prostitution at a very early age . What the fuck! Appalling! Isn't it? Here comes the the rooster coop , women of the village have no choice but to join prostitution . They have inherited prostitution !
It's been in their families since the time of British and since then it has become a tradition !
These women have no choice but to adopt it . Even if someone tries to move out, the rooster coop doesn't allow. They are trapped in the rooster coop of India.
The column in the Hindu described the story of a women who gets out of the rooster coop and is now running a school in the same village to make sure that the girls in the village gets prior knowledge in their childhood to fight the world! Education definitely plays an important role!
But this is pathetic , a village full of forced prostitutes and the world is still watching! Most of their costumers are politicians and police men , so they won't be helping of course. Even the men of the village have a handsome source of income if their women works as prostitute , and they don't have to work! So , everything is against the women of village. And none of the women marry in the village , but they obviously gets pregnant. And most of them end up never knowing the name of their love makers.
Isn't it even bad for the children who live their whole lives unaware of who their father is? They might be be the son/daughter of a politician !
Well , for the book it is a must read especially for the new generation like me. I would rate it 4 out of 5.
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