The Desperation of Gods in The White Tiger and The Inheritance of Loss
The Desperation of Gods in The White Tiger and The Inheritance of Loss

Summary/Abstract: Anglo-Indian literature is becoming an increasingly prominent section of literatures in English. Apart from the well-known authors like Tagore, Rushdie, V.S. Naipaul, a younger generation of writers is on the rise to global literary renown. Two of them won the Man Booker Prize in the 21st century – Kiran Desai in 2006 with her novel The Inheritance of Loss, and Aravind Adiga in 2008 with The White Tiger. Drawing profusely from the Indian lifestyle, tradition and values, which are largely religious, they could not but intersperse their pages with numerous references to religion, including various gods and goddesses. However, unlike the traditional representations of these divine images inspiring awe and might, gods in the two novels appear powerless, neglected, trivially ornamental.

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