Bathvar VIrajee

1. Dhirubhaism In The White Tiger
Prepared by - Bathavar Virajee
Course: - M.A. English
Semester: -4
Enrolment no: - PG15101001
Submitted to: - Smt. S.B.Gardi Dept. of
English MKBU
Email id: - bathvarvirji@gmail.com
Paper no : - The New Literature.

2. Index
• Introduction »
• Dhirubhaism »
• Balram Halwai (The White Tiger) »
• Dhirubhaism In The White Tiger »
• Conclusion »
• Bibliography »
• Thank you »

3. Introduction:
• Written by Indian author Arvind
Adiga.
• It was first Published in 2008 and
won the 40th man Booker prize in
the same year.
• The novel provides a darkly
humorous perspective of India's
class struggle in a globalized world
as told through a retrospective
narration from Balaram Halwai, a
Village boy. »

4. Dhirubhaism
• It was published in 2007.
• The book Dhirubhaism is written
by A.G.Krishnamurthy.
• Indian cinematographer .
• Worked in the Indian film and
television industry
• book is not about Dhirubhai’s life
•how Dhirubhai went about building his business empire.
»

5. • The 15 Dhirubhaisms put together bring out
the work philosophy of Dhirubhai and give us
a glimpse into the remarkable thinking
process and practices of one of India's most
successful entrepreneurs. »

6. Balram Halwai (The White Tiger)
Entrepreneur
Murderer
Car driver
School boy
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7. Dhirubhaism In The White Tiger
• 1. Dream big but dream with your eyes open. »
• 2. Think big. »
• 3. Hold on your dreams... »
• 4. The arm-around-the-shoulder leader. »
• 5. The Dhirubhai theory: Supply creates a
demand. »
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8. 1. Dream big but dream with your eyes
open
• Dhirubhai not only dreamed unbelievably big, but
was able to see these “impossible” dreams of his
come true in his own lifetime. Not many people get
to do that!
• About three years ago, when I became, briefly, a
person of national importance owing to an act of
entrepreneurship, a poster with my face on it found
its way to every post office, railway station, and
police station in this country. »

9. 2. Think big
"The White Tiger”
A Thinking Man (Half – backed)
It's amazing. The moment you show cash, everyone
knows your language.
He counted the money—ten thousand rupees—heard
what I wanted, and asked for double. I gave him a bit
more, and he was happy.
Dhirubhai opened 101 outlets on one single day.
(Money is the by product of good work) »

10. »

11. 3. Hold on your dreams...
• Other taxi drivers... And Balram. (The White
Tiger)
• Hold on your dreams and they are bound to
come true.
• When you want something so badly, the
Universe, as Paul Coelho puts it, nudges you in
the right direction and conspires to make it
come true. (Dhirubhaism) »

12. »

13. 4. The arm-around-the-shoulder
leader
• I shook Mohammad Asif out of his trance. "Take my
car and get these women home, first of all."
• "Let my boy go," I told the policeman loudly. "He's
got to get the people in there home. Whatever you
want to deal with, you deal with me."
• Dhirubhai, however was totally unafraid of getting
close to his men. It was natural behaviour by him.
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14. 5. The Dhirubhai theory: Supply
creates a demand
• “I was one of the drivers in the early days...” »
• Dhirubhai was not an MBA. Nor was he an
economist. In fact he was only a Matriculate.

15. »

16. Conclusion
• We can compare Balram with Dhirubhai
in some points of living life, but they both are
very different in their work habits and way of
getting success. Balram stands as a man who
taken risks like Dhirubhai and got success but
his risks were very different. »

17. Bibliography
• Krushnamurthy A.G ( 01-May-2007 ).
Dhirubhaism.India: Sambhavana Media Limited.
• Adiga, Arvind. (2008). The White Tiger. India:
HarperCollins.
• Adiga, A. (2012, july). The White Tiger.
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18. Thank you.
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