Aravind Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger won the 2008 Booker Prize.  He is the fourth Indian born author to win the prize, after Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. The novel studies the contrast between India’s rise as a contemporary global economy and therefore the lead character Balram, who comes from crushing rural poverty. Adiga’s style is essentially satirical. Within The White Tiger, he explores the unhappy social realities, like poverty and hypocrisy in India, largely through dark humour. Success in Adiga’s novel does not necessarily equate with honest work or moral righteousness and this is often reflected within the style. This satirical attention is additionally reflected in Adiga’s choice of narrator, Balram, an unrepentant killer and thief who nevertheless seems more honest than the people around him. By choosing such a narrator, Adiga gives the reader a unique view of Indian society from less privileged position.

Keywords: Casteism, Subaltern, Individualism and Gobalization.