Comments on: To have and have not: Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger Arts and politics of the South Asian diaspora Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:30:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: pinku http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger/comment-page-1#comment-12579 pinku Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:46:18 +0000 http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger#comment-12579 nice review and pretty accurate.... nice review and pretty accurate….

]]> By: Malathi http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger/comment-page-1#comment-9928 Malathi Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:29:54 +0000 http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger#comment-9928 <blockquote>It also provides a worm’s-eye perspective – the perspective of the frustrated little person – that there hasn’t been enough of in Indian writing in English.</blockquote> Well said. Copyright it. Worms, ecologically (economically) so important, yet so easily reviled and squished by higher humans. In one sentence you combined two of my favorite subjects/obsessions within the pages of books: one, class issues; and two, the use of animals to put power into peoples' narratives

It also provides a worm’s-eye perspective – the perspective of the frustrated little person – that there hasn’t been enough of in Indian writing in English.

Well said. Copyright it.

Worms, ecologically (economically) so important, yet so easily reviled and squished by higher humans. In one sentence you combined two of my favorite subjects/obsessions within the pages of books: one, class issues; and two, the use of animals to put power into peoples’ narratives

]]> By: MD http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger/comment-page-1#comment-9864 MD Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:12:06 +0000 http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger#comment-9864 I love the cover. I love the cover.

]]> By: manish http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger/comment-page-1#comment-9861 manish Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:07:46 +0000 http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger#comment-9861 Other reviewers said the novel pays homage to Richard Wright's <i>Native Son.</i> Don't know if you've read it, but how similar are they? Other reviewers said the novel pays homage to Richard Wright’s Native Son. Don’t know if you’ve read it, but how similar are they?

]]> By: Neale http://ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger/comment-page-1#comment-9860 Neale Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:57:54 +0000 http://www.ultrabrown.com/posts/to-have-and-have-not-aravind-adigas-the-white-tiger#comment-9860 "...Or for anyone who’s seen their domestic staff chatting with friends in the nearby park while casting occasional glances at the house, and wondered about the nature of the gossip being exchanged" Nice! “…Or for anyone who’s seen their domestic staff chatting with friends in the nearby park while casting occasional glances at the house, and wondered about the nature of the gossip being exchanged”

Nice!

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