November , 2008
Aravind Adiga , The White Tiger or just a paper tiger?
I must confess or admit that I was wrong! When Aravind Adiga got the Man Booker prize for his White Tiger, I was one of the millions of Kannadigas who felt extremely happy and proud about the remarkable achievement of a fellow 'KannAdiga' at the international literary scene. It was a very proud and emotional moment for the book lovers like me. Aravind Adiga is not the first international writer from Karnataka. In fact two of world's best English writers of the 20th century, Rajarao and R K Narayan are also from Karnataka. Later a literary genius A K Ramanujan held Kannada and Karnataka flag very high in the West. Adiga could be the fourth writer from Karnataka, who has made name in the west with his debut novel. Unlike these great writers from his home state, Adiga just plays to....




More about D P Satish
D P Satish has been a journalist for the past 11 years. Born at picturesque Jog Falls in Shimoga district of Karnataka, Satish did his graduation in English Literature. He is a post-graduate in Journalism from the prestigious Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore (now in Chennai). After a brief stint with the Indian Express Group, he shifted to TV. He also worked for an American news magazine called ' Image '. He has widely travelled and covered some of the biggest events from South of Vindhyas in the first decade of the 21st century. He is passionate about English literature, classical music, cinema, history, photography, jazz and Cricket. A self-proclaimed centrist, Satish keenly follows major political developments from across the World. He blogs regularly and spends hours searching for readable material from the Internet! He belives that journalism is a calling and a person meant to be a journalist, can't escape from it. A hillman at heart and by birth, Satish lives and works in New Delhi. But, loves Bangalore more than Delhi!



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