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The trustworthiness of servant...

The trustworthiness of servants is the basis of the entire Indian economy.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Because in this world, there i...

Because in this world, there is a line: on one side are the men who cannot get things done, and on the other side are the men who can. And not one in a hundred will cross that line. Will you?

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

I gather you yellow-skinned me...

I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, still don't have democracy. Some politician on the radio was saying that that's why we Indian are going to beat you: we may not have sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold medals, but we do have democracy. If I were making a country, I'd get the sewage pipes first, then the democracy, then I'd go about giving pamphlets and statues of Gandhi to other people, but what do I know? I am just a murderer!

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Neither you nor I speak Englis...

Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Apparently, sir you Chinese ar...

Apparently, sir you Chinese are far ahead of us in every respect, except that you don't have entrepreneurs. And our nation, though it has no drinking water, electricity, sewage system, public transportation, sense of hygiene, discipline, courtesy, or punctuality, ''does'' have entrepreneurs. Thousands and thousands of them. Especially in the field of technology. And these entrepreneursЂ''we' entrepreneursЂ'have set up all these outsourcing companies that virtually run America now.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

See, the poor dream all their ...

See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Go to Old Delhi,and look at th...

Go to Old Delhi,and look at the way they keep chickens there in the market. Hundred of pale hens and brightly colored roosters, stuffed tightly into wire-mesh cages. They see the organs of their brothers lying around them.They know they are next, yet they cannot rebel. They do not try to get out of the coop. The very same thing is done with humans in this country.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

If only a man could spit his p...

If only a man could spit his past out so easily.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Do we loathe our masters behin...

Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

It's amazing. The moment you s...

It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone knows your language.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

You ask 'Are you a man or a de...

You ask 'Are you a man or a demon?' Neither, I say. I have woken up, and the rest of you are sleeping, and that is the only difference between us.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

...the future of the world lie...

...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself through buggery, cell phone usage, and drug abuse

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Let animals live like animals;...

Let animals live like animals; let humans live like humans. That's my whole philosophy in a sentence.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Iqbal, that great poet, was so...

Iqbal, that great poet, was so right. The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave. To hell with the Naxals and their guns shipped from China. If you taught every poor boy how to paint, that would be the end of the rich in India.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Neither. I am just one who has...

Neither. I am just one who has woken up while the rest of you are still sleeping.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

I've lived in several countrie...

I've lived in several countries and been a disaster everywhere.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Having plenty of living space ...

Having plenty of living space has to be the greatest luxury in a city, and I guess in some sense Bombay is the antithesis of what living in Canada must be,

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

Columbia University, where I w...

Columbia University, where I went to study in 1993, insisted its undergraduates learn a foreign language, so I discovered French.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

The coop is guarded from the i...

The coop is guarded from the inside.

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

We are made mysteries to ourse...

We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in,

Aravind Adiga 68 quotes

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