5 Indian authors who made it to the Booker Prize

• Eastern Eye Staff
• 15 May, 2018

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Aravind Adiga Aravind Adiga was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize in 2008 for his novel The White Tiger. This book dealt with the dark humorous perspective of India’s class struggle in a globalised world – this novel made Adiga the second youngest author to win the award. Adiga was born in India and later emigrated from the country to Australia. He graduated from Columbia University in New York, and later returned to Mumbai where he lives currently. Anita Desai Anita Desai is an Indian novelist and Professor of Humanities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As a writer, she has…

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