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SlumDog Millionaire v/s The White Tiger Mood: Critical & Analytical. This post is an exploration of the glorification of India's negativity, an analysis of the western mindset behind it and also an attempt at a book and movie review. For starters, both the movie and the book have similar story lines – the same old rags-to-riches kinds. However, the style and the after-effects on readers are radically different. Read on… When the Man Booker was announced, I immediately craved for The White Tiger. After all, the writer was from Mumbai and was also born in Chennai. Having got a copy for as low as Rs.60 (at least I didn't read an e-book!!), I read it during my painful tonsillectomy post-op. Well, have to admit it made me feel worse. Page after page of pricking abuse and distasteful mud-slinging at India leaves you a bit angry and irritated. But that’s the reality and reality does bite. Agreed, all that Adiga writes is not uncommon in India, but it is put in a hard-hitting and...

A real life story with minor liberties : Vinod Kumar never felt so miserable.  This, in a life full of sufferings and a troubled childhood. From the slums of Chennai, he had risen like a phoenix often does - this, after his parents’ death at a tender age. The meritorious boy he was, he paid up for schooling through scholarships. Along came college and Vinod had outshone others and eventually, secured a handsome paying job at a private firm in Mumbai . Wanting to start his life afresh, he left Chennai and headed for the city of dreams. Day one of his first job, and it was there that he met Richika Gupta. Now, she was as beautiful a girl he had ever seen in his life. Not that Chennai doesn't have cute girls, but he instantly knew there was something special in her which he had never found in another of her kind. A Southie who had never ventured outside Chennai all his life and a Northie who had all along been in Roorkee ! As diverse as they were, they hit out instantly. She ...