aravind adiga won the booker prize in 2008 for his novel the white tiger.
aravind adiga won the booker prize in 2008 for his novel the white tiger.
who won the booker prize in 2008 for his novel the white tiger?
aravind adiga
white tigers appear frequently in literature, video games, television, and comic books. such examples include the swedish rock band kent, which featured a white tiger on the cover of their best-selling album "vapen & ammunition" in 2002. this was a tribute to the band's home town eskilstuna, as the local zoo in town had white tigers from the hawthorn circus as its main attraction. the white tiger has also been featured in the video for the song "human" by the popular american synth-rock band the killers. white tiger is also the name of an american glam metal band from the 1980s. in the live action version of disney's "101 dalmatians", cruella de vil kills a white tiger for its fur. "seto bagh" (or 'white tiger' in english) is a nepali language novel by diamond shumsher rana about an encounter with a white tiger. aravind adiga's novel "the white tiger" won the man booker prize in 2008. the central character and narrator refers to himself as "the white tiger". it was a nickname given to him as a child to denote that he was unique in the "jungle" (his hometown), that he was smarter than the others.
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bullet::::- kraven the hunter appears in the "ultimate spider-man" animated series, voiced by diedrich bader. introduced in the second season, this version uses high-tech versions of traditional hunting weapons (such as an energy-bladed spear and a wrist-worn force shield) unlike other versions. he aspires to be the greatest hunter in the world where he has been collecting various magical animal-related artifacts from all over the world. he fought the first white tiger (hector ayala) to claim the white tiger amulet and gain its power for himself. although he kills hector, the amulet is passed on to the second white tiger (ava ayala). years later in his self-titled episode "kraven the hunter", kraven arrives in new york to hunt white tiger where he uses a mystical drum to drive white tiger berserk. at central park, kraven uses high-tech hunting weapons and traps to try to kill white tiger and spider-man. spider-man works to keep white tiger alive, using his webbing to set off kraven's sound grenade to get away. white tiger is then attacked by kraven at the zoo and manages to swipe the white tiger amulet and dons it in order to continue attacking spider-man and white tiger as all the animals in the zoo go berserk. kraven chases spider-man and white tiger out of the zoo and up into some trees. the power of the white tiger amulet proves too much for kraven as it turns him into a humanoid white tiger with the ability to control the zoo's white tigers. after a tactic that enables white tiger to reclaim the amulet, kraven is regressed back to normal. spider-man then webs kraven as he convinces white tiger not to avenge her father. white tiger decides not to take kraven's life as kraven breaks free. white tiger and spider-man double-team kraven and knock him out as white tiger calls up s.h.i.e.l.d. to pick up kraven. in the episode "the sinister six", kraven is recruited into the super-villain team alongside doctor octopus, a mind-controlled lizard, electro, rhino and beetle. when spider-man's team fights the sinister six, kraven fight white tiger but is defeated by nova, after spider-man's team defeated the sinister six at the statue of liberty, most sinister six members are imprisoned in the new s.h.i.e.l.d. helicarrier while lizard had evaded capture. in the episode "return of the sinister six", doctor octopus and lizard spring the imprisoned sinister six members from ryker's island and equip them with high-tech armor made from stolen oscorp technology. kraven is given a lion-themed armor with razor-sharp mechanical claws. kraven fights spider-man and then white tiger once again. he also assists in the group's gang assault on iron patriot. eventually, spider-man was able to defeat kraven along with the other sinister six members. in the episode "the savage spider-man", kraven teams up with taskmaster in a plan to lure ka-zar to new york by kidnapping zabu so that taskmaster can recruit ka-zar to his side. during taskmaster and kraven's fight with spider-man, ka-zar and wolverine, kraven uses a dart with a special poison in it on spider-man which transforms him into the man-spider. upon being pursued to manhattan by spider-man, wolverine and ka-zar, kraven seeks to perform a ritual to become immortal by sacrificing zabu at sunset (with the ritual occurring once every thousand years) while taskmaster plans to get ka-zar on his side. with help from wolverine who deals with taskmaster, spider-man and ka-zar defeat kraven who tries to knock zabu off the bridge only for spider-man and ka-zar to catch zabu before he can fall into the river. kraven is later arrested by s.h.i.e.l.d. in "contest of champions" pt. 1, grandmaster pairs up kraven the hunter with molten man and wendigo king in the game of "last man standing" against collector's team of spider-man, iron man, and hulk during. kraven the hunter coordinated molten man and wendigo in the battle while using some of his traps. when chased by hulk, kraven used a special pollen that knocked out hulk removing him from the game. after spider-man did tricks that removed wendigo king and molten man from the game, spider-man engaged kraven the hunter and eventually defeating him allowing collector to score the first victory against the grandmaster. in the episode "hydra attacks" pt. 2, doctor octopus frees kraven the hunter, batroc the leaper, and boomerang from the brig of the s.h.i.e.l.d. tricarrier-turned-hydra island where he holds a contest where whoever can successfully capture spider-man will join his latest incarnation of the sinister six. kraven the hunter follows spider-man and scarlet spider into the sewers where they managed to bring some pipes down onto him. later on, kraven the hunter confronts spider-man on hydra island in an attempt to defeat him only to be knocked out of hydra island by scarlet spider. in the episode "double agent venom," kraven the hunter sports new hydra armor as he hunts spider-man and scarlet spider. after abducting scarlet spider, kraven the hunter takes scarlet spider into space where spider-man discovers that they are heading to the returned hydra island. after spider-man and scarlet spider free flash thompson following his separation from the venom symbiote, doctor octopus throws kraven the hunter into the venom symbiote which gives him the appearance of a humanoid lion. flash was able to get the venom symbiote off kraven the hunter and help defeat him. in the episode "the new sinister 6" pt. 2, kraven the hunter appears as a member of doctor octopus' sinister six when they attack the triskelion. during the battle, kraven the hunter uses a device that causes cloak to lose control of his teleportation. in the two-part episode "graduation day," kraven the hunter fights cloak, dagger, squirrel girl, and triton at the docks alongside vulture. while having trapped cloak, kraven the hunter was tricked into backing up into one of his traps. upon breaking out of his cell, kraven the hunter joined the superior sinister six. during the final battle at oscorp, kraven the hunter got irritated with spider-man's non-stop joking and prepared to destroy him, but not before the depowered rhino and vulture dropped debris on him knocking him unconscious.
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