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- Title
Aravind Adiga as a Novelist of the New Generation.
- Authors
Kumar, Sanjay; Singh, Surjit
- Abstract
Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger and Last Man in Tower came out when old set up of society was losing ground. Rise of materialism, advancement of technology, modernization, social mobility, sense of cut throat competition, disloyalty, change in the norms of social institutions, alienation, extent of urbanization, globalization consumerism, and so on are some of the characteristics which constitute the mode of a new generation, causing changes in the psyche of the man of the new era. These factors are solely responsible for social, cultural and economic changes. Balram Halwai alias Munna, the police officer and Mr Ashok (The White Tiger) and Dharman Shah and Masterji's co-resident (Last Man in Tower) are the major characters through which the wave of the new generation can be seen. This paper attempts to make a study of Aravind Adiga's novels and present how they project a clear picture of contemporary society when traditional set up of society losing its ground very speedily all moral and social values are on the wane.
- Subjects
ADIGA, Aravind; NOVELISTS; MODERN society; WHITE Tiger, The (Book); LAST Man in Tower (Book)
- Publication
Language in India, 2014, Vol 14, Issue 11, p221
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article