Born and brought up in a traditional South Indian family, Adiga is a true Indian both in spirit and thought. Much has been said about Adiga as an outstanding and an unassailable story teller. If Mulkraj Anand is considered as a socially committed novelist, Adiga is often applauded as a painter of vivid Kittur, a microcosm of Indian social milieu. Adiga has published four short stories The Sultan’s Battery, Smack, Last Christmas in Bandra and The Elephant between 2008 and 2009, drawing upon social economic problems to explore the real picture of modern Indian society. These short stories are an abridged version of his second novel Between the Assassinations. It has been published in India, and apparently refers to that period between the assassination
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He has asserted himself in larger than private contexts, and has discovered the means to release the energy of his hidden anger by creating powerful literature. Here he talked about the story of a woman who has been deprived of her natural power, pressure towards self sacrifice and does not care for her pains. But here is the story of a lady scavenger whose son is in an orphanage. When the foreigners wanted to adopt her son, she refused to give her son to them. She left the child in an orphanage at birth. She has never seen him since she gave birth to that boy. When the author explained to her that these foreigners will take him to a good home, feed him well and give him clothes, even then she refused to give her nod. The author asked the lady why she is not giving the consent, she replied that he is her son. Then and there the author thought, this person before me was not a mother, who is meant to show selfless love for her children, but the incarnation of selfishness, like the dog that sat in the manger. Here the author shows his feelings which are filled with hatred for all the poor of our country, who live like animals, vote for the most corrupt politicians, and insist on staying poor dragging this country down. When the mother was asked to show her hands, to his surprise, he saw some terrific marks on her arms. Those are all rat bites. There were black welts that ran up and down her arms down to the
He has asserted himself in larger than private contexts, and has discovered the means to release the energy of his hidden anger by creating powerful literature. Here he talked about the story of a woman who has been deprived of her natural power, pressure towards self sacrifice and does not care for her pains. But here is the story of a lady scavenger whose son is in an orphanage. When the foreigners wanted to adopt her son, she refused to give her son to them. She left the child in an orphanage at birth. She has never seen him since she gave birth to that boy. When the author explained to her that these foreigners will take him to a good home, feed him well and give him clothes, even then she refused to give her nod. The author asked the lady why she is not giving the consent, she replied that he is her son. Then and there the author thought, this person before me was not a mother, who is meant to show selfless love for her children, but the incarnation of selfishness, like the dog that sat in the manger. Here the author shows his feelings which are filled with hatred for all the poor of our country, who live like animals, vote for the most corrupt politicians, and insist on staying poor dragging this country down. When the mother was asked to show her hands, to his surprise, he saw some terrific marks on her arms. Those are all rat bites. There were black welts that ran up and down her arms down to the