Adiga dedicates Booker to people of Delhi

LONDON: Indian novelist Aravind Adiga, who won this year's Man Booker prize with his debut novel 'The White Tiger', has dedicated the award to the "people of New Delhi". (Watch)
"I would like to dedicate this award to the people of New Delhi," the 33-year-old Mumbai-based journalist said on accepting the 50,000 pound prize late last night, adding that 300 years ago it was the most important city on Earth and could become so again.
The "The White Tiger" has a Delhi connection when it follows Balram Halwai, the son of a rickshaw puller who dreams of better things than life as teashop worker and driver.
But when he finally makes it to the bright lights of New Delhi, he is caught between his loyalty to his family and his desire to better himself.
A journalist by profession, Adiga, who wanted to be a novelist since he was a boy, was born in Madras (now known as Chennai) and now lives in Mumbai.