The White Tiger

‘White Tiger’ dives into the psychology of servitude and the new understanding of success — What do travelers really know about the culture of India? Most often, not that much: yoga and vipassana, the cheerful atmosphere of Goan beaches, the architecture and postcard views of the Taj Mahal, mouth-watering palak paneer, saris and large-scale weddings. Fans of the novel Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts learn…

“Put them in a cage & leave them to it … you’ll get a throw-back” — The white tiger and breeder’s ‘throw-back’ syndrome: The fully-coloured tiger’s comment: “Told you not to use clorox” in the cartoon above, is the sort of reaction that a comedian might utter when seeing something that stands out from the norm. Of course, it’s only a joke, the real reason for how this ‘different’ appearance came about is…

“Good” — is a subjective adjective. What does “good” mean to you? — Here’s a remark I often hear myself making; “She’s a good person, but… He’s nice, but…” Then it starts to confuse me. Why does a person who I assume is good, need to have a contradictory quality? If that’s the case, can good and not so good qualities co-exist? …

Recent films that look at class in India It was my daughter actually, raised outside India with none of the hierarchical mindset that defines us Indians, who pointed it out. ‘ Mum,’ she asked puzzled while on a holiday to India, ‘why do Indians never make eye-contact with poverty?’ She…

by Dorian Rolin With The White Tiger, the Iranian director explores India from every angle. Calmly, in the center of an interesting historical context. However, the film suffers from a lack of originality to be wholly satisfied with it. The White Tiger is released directly on Netflix on January 2021…

There are not only two ways for a poor person to become rich, but three, and I’ll tell you the third! — If you haven’t seen the new Netflix movie yet, this article may contain a spoiler. If you’ve seen it, you certainly remember the main character saying that there are only two ways for a poor person to become rich, through crime or politics. And not denying that the film is…

India has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Having never visited the country myself, I grew up capturing their fleeting lifestyle and vast religions within films. I was drawn to the chaos, the flourishing of life, of energy and disorder. Not grasping the poverty as a youngster, I…

I recently watched the movie “White Tiger” on Netflix, after having read the book a few years ago. The story is about Balram, a man from the lower castes in India who decides to escape from a life of servitude in his self described journey of “entrepreneurship” In the book…

And the problem of living as an Indian in America I was very curious to see what ‘The White Tiger’, an adaption of the 2008 Man Booker prize book with the same name was about. …