Episode 1: The White Tiger; and why you should call dibs on your genius friends

In our first episode, we review 2008 Man Booker-winning novel by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger. We also discuss the recently released eponymous movie, directed by Ramin Bahrani. The movie stars Adarsh Gourav in a leading role supported by actors Rajkummar Rao and Priyanka Chopra Jonas. Bonus: Also hear about two friends who helped each other make it big (not us). A quick roundup of the published articles that we refer to in the show: Interview by Steven Moss for The Guardian Movie review by AO Scott for the New York Times Movie review by Anna MM Vetticad for Firstpost Related recommendations: Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle (2008) Man Push Cart by Ramin Bahrani (2005) Parasite by Bong Joon-Ho(2019) A Burning by Megha Majumdar (2020) Asuran by Vetrimaaran (2019) Subscribe to the Nicely Done podcast on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. We'd love to hear from you!