The Art of Self-Realization in Aravind Adiga’s Selection Day

V. Chithra Devi, Dr. V. Francis

Abstract


An Outstanding novelist of human predicament, Aravind Adiga is ranked with the great masters of contemporary Indian English fiction. He is seriously concerned with the emotions, thoughts and identities of his characters. Adiga has been recognized with the prestigious awards like Man Booker Prize for The WhiteTiger (2008) and Tata Literature Book of the year award for the novel Selection Day (2016). Adiga’s Selection Day is a dark travel, which focuses on the contemporary cricket game in Mumbai. Adiga pictures cricket journey through the historic 150-year-old Mumbai of Cricket. He also shows Kanga Leaguers, which is one of the biggest and oldest cricket tournaments conducted in Mumbai. Selection Day is a new heart-rending, disconcerting and fascinating story of contemporary urban India.


Keywords


Humiliation, Alienation, Poverty, Hegemony, Migration.

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