Aravind Adiga’s Last Man in Tower: A Replica of Contemporary Indian Society

Abstract

Aravind Adiga is one of the contemporary Indian writers who focus on the contemporary socio-political situations in Indian society. All of his novels are focused on the themes such as corruption, caste conflict, dowry system, conflict between rich and poor, poverty and unemployment. After he worked as a journalist, he started to write novels which include: The White Tiger (2008), Last Man in Tower (2011) and The Selection Day (2016). He got Man Booker Prize award for the novel The White Tiger. Between the Assassinations is a collection of twelve short stories published in 2009. The story is the period between assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.