SOCIAL MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND YOUTH EDUCATION IN THE SELECTED NOVELS OF ARAVIND ADIGA

Aravind Adiga was born to Dr. Madhava Adiga and Usha Adiga on 23rd October 1974, in Chennai. Initially he studied in Mangalore. After migrating to Sydney, Australia, with his family, he studied at James Ruse Agricultural School. After a stint in USA, Adiga returned to India, joined Times and got himself used to the trends in Indian society. He has got a natural instant to become a writer. The things not necessary for the profession have turned out to be a novel. Thus he has got immediate success with his debut novel. The White Tiger winning for him the glory of some prestigious awards. A collection of short stories entitled Between the Assassinations was published in 2008 and Last Man in Tower (2011), Selection Day in 2016 and Amnesty has got published in 2020, a novel about an illegal Sri Lankan immigrant living in Australia. It was also short listed for the 2021 Miles Franklin Award. He writes articles on politics, business and arts that are published in international papers and magazines like Time, The Financial Times, and The Sunday Times.