The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
This book tells the tale of Balram Halwai and his rise from being a servant to being a successful entrepreneur in India. It is a fairly short book, but very well written. I thought it was great.
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escape
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pay off my debts
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Buy a House
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learn about wine
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The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
This book tells the tale of Balram Halwai and his rise from being a servant to being a successful entrepreneur in India. It is a fairly short book, but very well written. I thought it was great.
“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.”
-Daniel Hudson Burnham
“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.”
-Woodrow Wilson