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3 unusual facts about The White Tiger


Between the Assassinations

Between the Assassinations is the second book published by Aravind Adiga though it was written before his first book The White Tiger.

Even though it was published after The White Tiger, Between the Assassinations was started—and most likely finished—before The White Tiger and thus shows Adiga's ideas in a raw and unpolished form.

Laxmangarh

The fictional character Balram Halwai from the bestselling novel The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga came from a village by the same name, but it isn't be the same village, because the book is actually set in the Gaya District in the vicinity of Bodh Gaya in the state of Bihar.



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Govindgarh, Madhya Pradesh

The magicians Siegfried & Roy are famous for breeding and training two white tigers for their performances, referring to them as "royal white tigers", the white tiger's association with the Maharaja of Rewa.