indian won booker

Aravind Adiga’s debut novel, The White Tiger , about “the dark heart” of India Shining, has won the Man Booker Prize, amid much praise for the 33-year-old Chennai-born Mumbaikar’s alleged ability to offer insights into the struggle of a developing nation on the rise.
The £50,000 prize, announced in London on Tuesday night, makes Adiga the fifth Booker winner of Indian ethnicity and the second youngest winner in the award’s 40-year history. He is also only the third winner to triumph with a debut novel. The first debut novelist to win the Booker was Arundhati Roy.
Adiga dedicated his win to the people of delhi where he wrote the book, saying that 300 years ago, it was the most important city on earth and could become so again. He beat off a strong challenge from compatriot Amitav Ghosh, who was nominated to the shortlist for his Sea Of Poppies .
The White Tiger was described by the Booker judges as an “extraordinary” work that painted a searing portrait of Indian poverty