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Mangalore, Oct 16: ‘An enthusiastic traveler, Aravind Adiga prefers simple living. He is a keen observer of the distinctiveness of every minute detail That’s why he has been successful in writing a Booker award-winning novel,’ says his proud uncle Dr K Raghuveer Adiga, orthopaedic surgeon in Fr Muller Hospital.
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‘He loves simplicity in his life. He used to stay in Woodlands Hotel and loved regular food like the ‘golibaje’ served there. He preferred to eat at ordinary ‘dhabas’ in the city. I hope the money and reputation earned through the Booker will not change his lifestyle,’ added Dr Raghuveer.
Only a simple man could have written that novel and Aravind has done it. Having seen all kinds of people in his life, his urge to know their innermost thoughts, has helped him compare the darkness of Bihar and the brightness of Bangalore city, which is booming in the IT sector, continued Dr Raghuveer.
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Aravind’s father Dr K Madhav Adiga was serving as an urologist in Fr Muller Hospital, between 1979 and 1990. Another of his uncles, is a doctor too. But Aravind chose a different profession, journalism, which has taken him to greater heights, he remarked.
Dr Anil Shetty, pediatrician in Fr Muller College, was Aravind’s classmate from the third standard to the tenth standard, in St Aloysius High school. He is Aravind’s neighbour and good friend too. Aravind excelled at everything in school and was always a rank student, according to Dr Shetty.
His mother died just three weeks before his tenth standard final exams. It pushed him into deep gloominess, but he still secured the first rank at the state-level, he adds. ‘He is crazy about traveling and had been to Mangalore a few years ago. He got a call from somewhere and left the city within few hours. He reached Kashmir within a couple of days. He never used to stick to a particular place,’ says Dr Shetty.
Dr Sunil Furtado was Aravind’s arch rival in the classroom and the two were classmates from third standard to tenth standard. Dr Furtado is a neurologist in Satya Sayibaba Hospital, Bangalore. He says that Aravind was a very soft spoken, and helpful person. Aravind got first rank in the tenth standard exams despite the death of his mother, recalls Dr Furtado who secured the tenth rank..
Aravind left for Australia with his father in January 1991. Dr Furtado met him in 1992–93 over a coffee in Mangalore. They lost contact later, he says. Currently, Aravind lives in Mumbai while his father is in Australia. But the whole of India is his ‘Karmabhumi,’ his classmates explain.
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