The irrationality of behaviour is manifestation of his warring minds and silence that pervades his alienated self. The traumatic behaviour of Balram Halwai and his silence can be seen in a series of events which evoke many interpretations.
The torment and grief that racked the mind of Balram Halwai and his unceasing silence that fills the pages of the story have been dealt with psychological insight like that of Dostoyevsky in " Crime and Punishment''. It is also expression of anguish at human sufferings and Aravind Adiga's awareness that there was often no escape from the dead-ends a man found himself in. The novel is a scathing criticism of Indian social conditions and shows that good can't be achieved through evil. It attempts to diagnose the maladies which drive him to get rich and subsequently he moves from one crime to another crime. This paper explores from socio-psychological perspective the simmering feelings of the protagonist and his seething anger against the rich people. It further interrogates the sociological issues and individual desires of a person which lead him to resort to crimes. This paper attempts to analyse the journey of Balram from a small city of Bihar to a metropolis, his repressive psyche and silences and fragmented self from psychoanalytic perspective.
His seething anger, simmering silence and vaulting ambition make him a rebel. Balram Halwai is a subaltern whose unspoken wishes, unfulfilled dreams led him to resort to violence and usurpation dismantling the moral fabrics of the society. The story of its protagonist named Balram Halwai, is the story of Indian society which is torn by the gaps between the rich and the poor. Aravind Adiga's " White Tiger " is a novel which has many layers of meaning and in every reading it opens up new trajectories of interpretation and interpellation.
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