Being a person with impeccable language and great writing ability, it is no wonder that Aravind Adiga has won Britain's most prestigious literary prize - The Man Booker Award for his book "The White Tiger". From proven student to journalist and then to famous writer, success has always accompanied him. He always kept his eyes and ears open to the world around him and drew inspiration from the facts he encountered in everyday life. His award-winning book 'The White Tiger' was a critical vision of 'an India of light and an India of darkness, while his latest novel 'The Last Man in the Tower' depicts the life and soul of one of India's largest cities, Mumbai, where he finds that the city and its people are obsessed with real estate. He derives this fact from the common man who often talks about the elusive "square meters" while traveling on suburban trains The book provides a different picture of the city as the “Bollywood City” or “Mafia City” is always described Read on to know more about this young talent, Aravind Adiga. Say no to plagiarism. Why should violent video games not be banned"? Become an original essayEarly years Aravind Adiga was born on 23 October 1974 in Chennai. His parents, Dr. K. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga, hailed from Mangalore, Karnataka. His paternal grandfather, the late K. Suryanarayana Adiga, was the chairman of Karnataka Bank. He grew up in Mangalore, completed his schooling from Canara High School and St. Aloysius High School. He completed the SSLC in 1990, ranking first in the state, ahead of his elder brother Anand Adiga who secured 2nd rank in the SSLC exams. He also earned first rank in the state's PUC. The remainder of his studies continued in Sydney while his family emigrated to Australia. Aravind studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School in Australia and then studied English literature at Columbia College, Columbia University in New York, where the famous British historian Simon Schama was his colleague. He completed his degree in 1997 and then moved to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was taught by Hermione Lee, the current president of Wolfson College, Oxford. Career Aravind Adiga began his career as a financial journalist intern at the Financial Times covering the stock market and investment protocols, interviewing luminaries such as Donald Trump (American tycoon and television personality). He also wrote literary reviews, the famous one on "Oscar and Lucinda", written by the previous Booker Prize winner Peter Carey. He later moved to TIME magazine where he worked as a South Asia correspondent for three years. He then left TIME magazine and decided to work as a freelancer. It was during his freelance stint that he wrote the Man Booker Prize winning book - The White Tiger, making him the fourth Indian to achieve this. So he devoted himself to the field of writing and has since written many books. He donated a portion of his Man Booker Award prize money to St. Aloysius College where he studied, as a sign of gratitude. This amount will be used to provide scholarships to underprivileged children staying at Aloysian Boys Home, Kotekar, Ullal. Aravind Adiga is now hosted in Mumbai, India. Shortly after winning the Man Booker Prize, he was accused of sacking his agent to secure the contract with Atlantic Books. His book "The White Tiger" was a great success and was popularized by many other Booker Prize winners and his novel was adopted into a film according to an announcement made in April 2009. The Indian edition with cover rigid than his.99