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Aarvind Adiga wrote this novel in 2008 and he is the fifth writer who won the Man Booker Prize for this debut novel in 2008. Adiga born in India but raised in Australia. In this novel through the character of Balram writer shows the reality of Indian poor people. Balram born and brought up in village in a very poor family. He worked on a Tea – Shop and then he worked as a taxi driver and then one day he killed his boss Mr.Ashok and he finds a new successful life of entrepreneurship in the hub of India’s globalization- the city of Bangalore. So it is a story of “rags to reaches”. And this whole story he tells to Mr.Jiabao through the letters. The major theme of the novel is to present the impact of globalization on Indian democracy.
Paper no 13 assignment
Name: Kajal Keraliya
Roll no.: 18
Topic: Globalization in One night at the call center and The White Tiger
Paper no 13: New Literature
M.A: Sem-4
Enrolment no.:2069108420180030
Year: 2017-19
E-mail: Www.kajalk1@gmail.com
Submitted to: Smt. S.B. Gardi Department Of English Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University
Globalization in One night at the call center and The White Tiger
What is Globalization:
Globalization or globalisation is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. As a complex and multifaceted phenomenon, globalization is considered by some as a form of capitalist expansion which entails the integration of local and national economies into a global, unregulated market economy.[1] Globalization has grown due to advances in transportation and communication technology. With the increased global interactions comes the growth of international trade, ideas, and culture. Globalization is primarily an economic process of interaction and integration that's associated with social and cultural aspects. However, conflicts and diplomacy are also large parts of the history of globalization, and modern globalization.
Ø Globalization in Indian Literature
The effects of Globalization can be seen in the Literature of the World too. From the 20th century a good deal has been written on globalization and responses to globalization. Literature is the X-ray image of society, so the impact of globalization captured well in literature. So most of the literature captured globalization as a theme in the various literary works. It shows their political, social, economical and cultural effects of both positive as well as negative side. The impact of Globalization can be seen in Indian Literature too. The contemporary Indian novel in English has now moved to capture the new tremors caused by the overwhelming influx of the global capital and policies of free trade after 1991, which are restructuring every aspect of the Indian life with increasing intensity. The drastic economic changes and policies brought about by the Globalization in India have created two countries: the India of Light and the India of Darkness. Let’s see discuss the theme of Globalization in two great novels likes One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat and The White Tigre by Arvind Adiga that how beautifully writer captured the Zeitgeist of Indian time . (Sharma, The impact of globalization on Indian culture and literature: Aravind Adiga's The White Tigrer)
Ø Globalization In One night at the Call center
The title of the novel it self tells about the effect of globalization in call center. In this novel writer wants to give message to the Indians that who working in call center they just get good salary but it not give it a opportunity to do something else or for their skills and creativity Americanized form of English in the Call Centers.
In this novel we Workers forced to change their names to Western one e.g. like,
Shyam Mehra – Sam Mercy
Varun Malhotra - Victor
Radhika Jha – Regima Jones
Esha singh – Elina
Chetan Bhagat thinks that “On a different level, I began to think about the number individuals who sacrifice their creativity and skills and join call center merely because of the fact pay packet on offer.”
Vroom cannot stand two things: the Racists and the Americans. Vroom thinks Americans get to act superior to us “not because they are better people. But because their country is rich and ours is poor. That is the only damn reason. Because the losers who have run our country for the last fifty year couldn’t do better than make India one of the poorest countries on the earth”
In this novel we find rising anxieties, fear and stress in these six characters in call center are constantly under pressure. They themselves are to be blamed for it but one can not deny that globalization is also responsible for it. Due to slack in software industry the call center wanted to cut down the number of employees in its main bay and that brings all the people under pressure. Actually this book talks about the anxieties, fears, and stress of call center employees.
Eroding values means compromising attitude .in the novel charcter of Esha who getting modelling assignments, gets ready to sleep with an influential person in the concerned field. When even after this compromise she doesn't get a way-in, she realises the horrible mistake she made. This example of hers reveals a disgusting reality in the world of modelling and fashion. At the same time it shows us a limitlessly compromising attitude that has come over today's youth
Thomas friedman gives definition about Globalization
“Globalization is the integration of capital,
technology and information across national borders, in a way that is creating a
single global market, and to some degree, a global market”
In this book he gives three eras of Globalization
1. Globalization 1.0
2. Globalization 2.0
3. Globalization 3.0
The novel One Night @ the Call Center we can connect with the Friedman’s idea of flatteners. One Night @ the Call Center connect with 3rd flattener “Workflow software” where he talks about the technology and tells that world is become flat. In this book he talks about a new era of 21st century, world become very small. In one Night @ the Call Center we see some positive and negative effect of the Globalization. So here we can see the novel deals with the theme of globalization with the example of “The World is flat” by Thomas Friedman and connect the novel with his idea.
Ø Globalization in The White Tiger
The India described by Balram is in the throes of a major transformation, heralded in part by the advent of globalization. India finds itself at the crossroads of developments in the fields of technology and outsourcing, as the nation adapts to address the needs of a global economy. Balram recognizes and hopes to ride this wave of the future with his White Tiger Technology Drivers business in Bangalore, but this force of globalization has a darker component for him as well. It threatens and disenfranchises those adhering to a traditional way of life, such as his family in Laxmangarh. Hence, he must change who he is in order to compete in this new world. Adiga thus vividly conjures the tension between the old and new India, suggesting that succeeding in this world (as Balram does) requires a flurry of ethical and personal compromises.
Aarvind Adiga wrote this novel in 2008 and he is the fifth writer who won the Man Booker Prize for this debut novel in 2008. Adiga born in India but raised in Australia. In this novel through the character of Balram writer shows the reality of Indian poor people. Balram born and brought up in village in a very poor family. He worked on a Tea – Shop and then he worked as a taxi driver and then one day he killed his boss Mr.Ashok and he finds a new successful life of entrepreneurship in the hub of India’s globalization- the city of Bangalore. So it is a story of “rags to reaches”. And this whole story he tells to Mr.Jiabao through the letters. The major theme of the novel is to present the impact of globalization on Indian democracy.
Balram justifies his actions as the only resort for resistance left in his state of oppression. It was either to submit to servitude that society had destined for him, or to break out of the coop and embrace the global network, even if that includes murder. The rhetoric he uses is thus essentially one of binaries- old India vs. new India, the feudal oppression vs. the neoliberal liberation, the failed state vs. the successful market. The novel depicts that Globalization replaces the native culture by consumerist culture. Take for example, when Balram says, “I should explain to you, Mr Jiabao, that in this country we have two kinds of men: Indian liquor men and English liquor men. Indian liquor was for village boys like me - toddy, arrack, country hooch. English liquor naturally is for rich. Rum, whisky, beer, gin - anything the English left behind.”(The White Tiger 73) (Sharma, The impact of Globalization on Indian Culture and literature: Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger)
“you’ve got plenty of places to drink beer, dance, pick up girls, that sort of thing. A small bit of America in India” (173). So through this writer shows that how Pinky Madam and Mr.Ashok both had very influence of American culture. Delhi represent as a mini America. It shows the globalization. The reader can see just how embedded American culture is in the Indian society.
English language is also played a very vital role. English is represented as the language of master or superior in India. There are many examples in the novel which bring to light the superiority of English language. The opening of the novel itself suggests the dominance and supremacy of English. Balram writes to Jiabao, “Neither you nor I speak English but, there are some things that can only be said in English” (3). Another instance is “Ashok,’ she said. ‘Now hear this. Balram, what is it we’re eating?’ I knew it was a trap, but what could I do? – I answered. The two of them burst into giggles. ‘Say it again, Balram. They laughed again. ‘It’s not p iJJA. It’s pizza. Say it properly.’ ‘Wait – you’re mispronouncing it too. There’s a T in the middle. Peet.Zah” (154).
So, through these various examples we can understand that how writer shows that Globalization is there in every field.
Adiga also shows the poor and marginalized villages of India and the system of servitude also reflect well. Servitude and marginalization both directly shows the poverty and suffering of the poor. That’s why Adiga portrayed the "India of Darkness", represented by Balram Halawai of Laxmangarh, and the "India of Light", symbolized by Mr. Ashok of New Delhi.
As per Rano Ringo’s views in the article “ Aarvind Adiga’s The White Tiger: An Insight into the facts of a Globalized India” he satirized Indian society in various dimensions like on Education system of India, In Corruption of India he said that “ Men with big Bellies and Men with small Bellies”( Adiga,2008,64) and role of Religion is also plays in modern day India. Martin Geoffrey describes the four major religious positions that are integral part of the Global Age in the following order: intransigent, conservative, pluralist and relativist. He criticized on Indian family and Indian traditional marriage also. (Ringo)
So, the main aspect of this globalization is “And only two destinies: eat or get eaten up”.
Conclusion:-
So, at the end we can say that both the novel are try to open the real skeleton of India and impact of Globalization and shows the positive as well as negative side of Globalization.
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