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Research Article | Volume 4 Issue 2 (July-Dec, 2023) | Pages 1 - 10
A Foucauldian Approach to Globalization in Aravind Adiga's the White Tiger
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Ministry of Education General Directorate of Dhi Qar Education, Iraq
Under a Creative Commons license
Open Access
Received
May 3, 2023
Revised
June 9, 2023
Accepted
June 28, 2023
Published
July 19, 2023
Abstract

It has been characterized as the process of linking local or regional events to global ones. Economic globalization is commonly referred to as "globalization". In Western nations, the concept of globalization is seen as a positive force that has the potential to boost economic growth and improve the well-being of the world's population. Aravind Adiga's novel, The White Tiger, is the focus of this investigation. It is an effort to critically examine the text in light of the society's hegemony over power and monitoring. Another focus of this research is Aravind Adiga's proposal of a panoptic and surveillance system. Research shows that Aravind Adiga depicts the demands of development via globalization in current society as thirst for money, a palpable erosion of human values, people becoming self-centered persons and increasing prejudice. Results because the film shows a real, contemporary India, it shows how globalization has influenced the country's current state. Adiga's protagonist Balram in The White Tiger exposes corruption in every facet of the Indian government, according to an examination of the narrative. Because of the widespread prevalence of corruption, Balram has come to believe that money really is the root of all evil. The 21st century societal phenomena of slavery has also been discussed in length by Aravind Adiga. As the lower and working classes struggle to survive, the Foucauldian concept of discipline will be shown to operate within these socioeconomic circumstances. Through the examination of ideas such as globalization and the Foucauldian concept of discipline, the study's conclusions should shed light on the role power plays in Indian society.

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INTRODUCTION

The process through which regional or local events are linked to global ones might be considered as a manifestation of globalization. Keeping the integrity of local, regional economies, civilizations, and cultures intact via global networks of commerce is an ongoing task. In the context of economic globalization, the term "globalization" is widely employed. In Western nations, the concept of globalization is seen as a positive force that has the potential to boost economic growth and improve the well-being of people everywhere. It is the Third World's view of globalization that it is an unwelcome process that worsens the disparity between countries. It is possible to say that globalization is a multifaceted phenomenon, including both integration and fragmentation, uniformity and localization, increasing material affluence and deeper poverty, and homogenization and hegemony.

 

Scholars spend a great deal of time studying literary works in order to discover how they represent various aspects of globalization, as well as how literary forms help to support these realities. As a result of globalization, literature and literary studies have been transformed into platforms from which to assist the development of numerous social, literary and cultural notions. Even in Indian literature, the effects of globalization may be seen. New earthquakes have been triggered by the massive entry of global wealth and the policies of free trade since 1991, which are reshaping every element of Indian life with growing intensity in modern Indian literature. Because of globalization, India has been divided into two distinct nations: the India of Light and the India of Darkness. Those who are wealthy dwell in the India of Light, whereas those who are impoverished and desolate inhabit the India of Darkness, a realm marred by poverty and devastation. The White Tiger, a book by Aravind Adiga [1], delves deeply into the ramifications of these shifts for India.

 

Aravind Adiga was born in Chennai and spent his childhood and schooling in Mangalore. He went to Australia and then to the United States where he studied English Literature at Columbia University and continued his higher education at Oxford. Adiga is the second youngest winner who at 33, won the prestigious literary Man Booker award for his debut novel The White Tiger. The White Tiger is his first novel, and is a fiercely angry tale of an ordinary man’s journey from Indian village life to entrepreneurial accomplishment. Though Adiga is out of his home town, he is greatly worried about the condition of his motherland. The White Tiger is such a work by Adiga, where he throws light at the real condition of India after globalization. It is unquestionably true that the nation has witnessed a paradigm shift in financial and technological advancement. But the bare reality is that this shift has been made at the cost of social, cultural, moral and human values, which creates a sense of disgust among the readers.

   

Statement of the Problem

Globalization usually represents a society which has at least one perilous defect such as dehumanization, totalitarian government, environmental disaster, or other characteristics that eventually result in a catastrophic decline in society. Since the flourishing of this genre, globalization fiction has assigned a great part of social and political criticism. Indeed, these literary works are the writers’ attempt to reflect and warn about the flaws they observe in their times. In the world of rapid development of technology and spreading of international capitalism, leading to globalization with its consequent homogenization, the modern man has been caught with a sense of confusion about the truth of his ethnic, sexual, social and cultural identity [2]. 

 

As a result of globalization, it is necessary to conform in appearance, conduct, thinking, and generally in life. Regardless of its "many camouflaged forms, a tight totalizing network of control and monitoring is absolutely necessary for globalization to be viable. It is true that modernization has resulted in cities throughout the globe that are tailored to the desires of the state and its allies. "This panoptic state has arisen in fact as a result of globalization." This is the tale of Balram Halwai, the son of a rickshaw driver, who rises through the ranks to become a wealthy businessman in the novel The White Tiger. Various situations in the book depict "life as seen through the prism of Indian culture and the ways in which globalization influences Indian culture.”

 

The story examines the impact of corruption on a small town in a worldwide society. Globalization has led to a society in which individuals have no representation in politics and the impoverished are exploited. Because the lives of the poor are so wretched, Adiga tells us, politicians and wealthy landowners wield power by bribing the impoverished to cast their votes for them. This study attempts to analyse the globalization world depicted in the novelas a result of working of the power relations and their effects on the human beings’ lives. Aravind Adiga’s literary metaphor of White tiger points to the vulnerability of present society. The thesis intends to explore to what extent Balram is able to escape from the Darkness and enter into the Light; to what extent is he controlled by social hierarchies and functions of power when he wants to unshackle the chain of servitude, to what extent the world of Light illuminates his persona, and to what extent he is able to resist the system and go beyond the so-called Dark-Light binary.

 

Research Questions 

This study seeks to provide answers to the following questions:

 

  • How could Adiga’s work be read from Foucault's notion of discipline?

  • What metaphors of power and subjugation does Aravind Adiga use in his novel? 

  • How does Aravind Adiga portray the salvation of man in the novel The White Tiger?

 

The Objective of the Study 

In first step, the main objective of this study is to investigate globalization goals in The White Tiger. Next, I will investigate how the text is critical of the dominance of power and surveillance in the society. Investigation of Aravind Adiga's presentation of a Foucauldian panoptic and surveillance system is another concern of this study. 

 

The Significance of the Study

The present study assumes intense significance because the catastrophe which occurs in the novel is not an improbable situation. The traces of globalization are observable in the condition of modern societies, overtly or covertly. Power relations play a major role in the formation of the present condition. Thus, viewing the globalization of The White Tiger in terms of Foucault’s theories of power relations can be relevant and applicable. This study is unique in exemplifying in Adiga’s novel that human redemption is possible through collective subjectivity in which contribution, love, morality and sacrifice define the relationships and make them resistant to panopticons. This study could be a significant step toward achieving such a resolution, particularly as represented in The White Tiger.

LITERATURE REVIEW

Dehnad [3], in his PhD thesis titled “Linguistic study of (Im)politeness in Adiga's The White Tiger,” applies politeness theory to a literary text, mainly to examine its applicability for literary analysis. Adiga’s The White Tiger [1] is selected as its epistolary frame makes it a good case for the study of politeness. The paper hybridizes politeness theory with speech act theory. The analysis of the addressee-addresser relationship is approached both pragma linguistically and socio pragmatically. The focus of the analysis is on the way the addressee’s negative and positive faces are threatened throughout the narrative by the addresser’s speech acts and adopted letter writing strategies. The analysis approves of the usability of politeness theory in literary character analysis and power-relation investigations. It contends literary works provide fertile fields for the study of such relations among characters [3].

 

Muraleeswari, in his “A Shift in Cultural Paradigm as portrayed in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger,” analyses the novel as revolving around the socio-cultural themes. He reflects upon the ideologies and behaviours that are developed by the present generation. Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger is the record of a sharp and glaring look at modern day India. Adiga debunks the age-old division between the rich and the poor, existing caste system, corruption in Indian politics and the miraculous economic growth in India. Adiga’s The White Tiger was born in some utterly impoverished Indian rural area where development and democracy are still part of oblivion. The world where he is born is not “the India illuminated with the bright lamps of development and democracy but lies deep in the dark dungeons of corruption, inequality and poverty”. Adiga expresses the disparity exist in the country as haves and have-nots. This thesis strives to throw the light on the socio-cultural shift made by the protagonist, but also subtly touches the East-West encounters through the plot of this novel. 

 

A contemporary Indian author, Aravind Adiga is recognized by M. Sreelatha in "Existential Struggle in the White Tiger" as one of the greatest personalities in postmodern literature. Through his novel The White Tiger, he was awarded the Man Booker Prize for fiction in 2008. Globalization, urbanization, the growing gap between wealthy and poor, social injustice, technology, corruption, the degradation of human relationships, and the loss of moral ideals all figure prominently in his works. Adiga gently captures the attention of readers by blending postmodern methods such as meta-fiction, black humour, parody, pastiche, binary and numerous narrative voices with the prevalent concerns of commercialization, materialism, and the degradation of moral values. For this reason, Adiga's writing is always in sync with the changing world around him. One of the central themes of The White Tiger is the protagonist's fight with his or her own identity and social status. Because of India's pro-capitalist, free-market policies, the gap between the affluent and the poor expands, "a neoliberal nation like India deepens the divide between rich and poor."

 

Victoria K. Swami's research of The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga believes that globalization is a peculiar position after postmodernity. Suddenly, the whole world was reduced to the size of a little village. As a result of globalization, communication, transportation, and other aspects of daily life have become much more convenient. Even the economics, social standing and political climate were profoundly altered by this event. Not everyone is affected equally by the rise of globalization. To establish that globalization has had an effect on Indian culture, this paper is being written now The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga serves as a lens through which to examine the many facets of globalized Indian society. Aravind Adiga is a well-known Indian author who writes on a wide range of subjects. He is one of the best-known political, social, religious, and cultural thinkers in the world today. This paper uses Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger to paint a multidimensional picture of India.

 

In “the Impact of Globalization in Arvind Adiga’s novel ‘ The White Tiger,’” Shikha Shukla states that Aravind Adiga’s  The White Tiger presents “the tangible picture of globalization’s ugly face and urbanization which is sucking the blood of the depraved, down-trodden poverty stricken multitudes dwelling in the remote corners of the villages and obscured areas of cities of India” It presents the realistic pictures of two India, the India of the men of ‘Big Bellies and the small Bellies’ the exploiter class and the exploited class.

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The research is descriptive and library oriented. The study could be described as text analysis-oriented research. It consists of several phases. First the researcher will analyze globalization literature comprehensively. Then a deep study of Michel Foucault’s theories on power relations was done. It was decided that “the metaphorical globalization of the novel The White Tiger would be best interpreted according to Foucauldian theories on power, consisting disciplinary power, bio power and panopticons.”

 

Definition of Key Terms

Aravind Adiga: Born in Chennai in 1974, the 33-year-old journalist was the youngest among the six shortlisted for the English-speaking world's most important literary award.  “Adiga currently lives in Mumbai and he grew up in Mangalore and Australia, and studied English literature at Columbia University, and Magdalen College, Oxford. The author began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, with pieces published in Financial Times, Money and The Wall Street Journal (India Today). He also worked as a correspondent in India for the TIME magazine for three years before going freelance. Adiga's novel The White Tiger features a protagonist who will use any means necessary to fulfill his dream of escaping impoverished village life for success in the big city. His novel tracks the ambitions and divided loyalties of the son of a rickshaw puller from an Indian village.

 

The White Tiger

White tigers originate from Bengal tigers. The Bengal tiger is a predator that everyone can recognise; it is orange in color and has dark stripes. But as a result of a recessive gene trait, the gene which controls coat colour, white Bengal tigers can naturally occur – albeit very, very rarely, they will usually have a white coat color and blue eyes. There have been documented sightings of them in the wilds of India as far back as the 15th century and one day, so the story goes, someone plucked one of these unusual cubs from its natural home, and its legacy lives on, in the existing global population of captive white tigers. In the novel, the writer deliberately and skilfully uses animal imagery and other kinds of metaphors to highlight the intrinsic values of his characters and present themes and characters vividly. 

 

Globalization

Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary defines globalization as “the fact that different cultures and economic systems around the world are becoming connected and similar to each other because of the influence of large multinational companies and of improved communication” (p.659) [4]. The term “Globalization” has its origin from the word “globalize” that denotes the growth of various economic systems integrated internationally. There is a trend known as "globalization" that sees more and more individuals connecting to each other over greater distances [5].

 

Servitude

Cambridge dictionary defines Servitude as “the state of being under the control of someone else and of having no freedom” (589). Aravind Adiga has presented the detailed aspects of servitude found in 21st century social phenomenon. The socio-economic conditions have the powerful changes under the bad impacts of any corrupted activity and the servitudes are being created from it. The very hardworking people run for their survival in the society, but the capitalist rich people treat the neglected, poor people very badly, and these situations tend to be aggravated and bitterer gradually. Adiga has successfully “tried to uphold some of these issues in his wonderful fiction- The White Tiger and for this reason, he achieved the Man Booker Prize in 2008” [6].

 

Light and Darkness

Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger is focused with reflecting current India's sociopolitical situation. It has aided in the interpretation of people's lives and cultures in both rural and urban India by dissecting some of the text's most potent metaphors. The ramifications of the light/darkness duality as shown in The White Tiger reflect a variety of ways in which the affluent have been abusing the poor for generations, and how the fundamental necessities of the poor have been overlooked by those in power, depriving people of the presence of light.

 

Globalization and Its Historicity

Globalization: It wasn't until the 1980s that the word "globalization" was accepted as a scientific phrase in academic circles. Even while globalization is not a new phenomenon, technological advances, particularly in the telecommunications industry, have accelerated its growth. "Globalization is considered as enabling the flow of information across boundaries or regardless of borders" in the realm of information. Globalization engenders tremendous changes in many spheres of human existence. Following this process, politics, security, economics, commerce, culture, identity, communication, technology, information, environment, natural resources and social, political and cultural definitions of all types. The discussion of globalization, in all of its facets and dimensions, has grown and spread over a wide range of social, political, economic, and cultural spheres. Technological, economic, political, and cultural factors all play a role in understanding the process of globalization more broadly. At the economic level as the product of the culture we have and at the same time, the economy in the shape of phenomena such as advertising, recreation, industry and marketing services to fit the lifestyle, are more reliant on culture. At the political level, politicians connect with their audiences via the media, while in the social sphere, disparities rely more on cultural capabilities than on economic or political power. However, one of the most significant and problematic repercussions of this phenomena is its impact on the sensitive area of culture. Many of us are based in the area. But, globalization, impacts even the local setting and hence, the character of our cultural experience as well. As a result, culture is no longer exclusive to a particular group. This suggests that with globalization, localization is prone to be eradicated ultimately. However, there are some postmodernists in the disciplines of sociology and globalization theory who term themselves "post-modernists" or "post-structuralists" because of the way they think. As with "postmodern culture," "global culture" is generally regarded a part of a fast changing, ripped and torn, diversified, complicated and consolidated culture. This is also the case. Postmodernism in the culture of the globe is not a surprise, at least in certain areas. Because global culture is not monolithic, it is bound to be divided and pluralistic. A worldwide list of beliefs and practices does not exist, according to any of the theories put out by globalization theorists. However, the mobility of the global culture as a postmodern culture transcends the embrace of variety and fragmentation. Because "Western cultural values are only one of many ways of looking at the world and numerous opinions, it is important to consider the context in which we live as well as our own. After modernity, Western culture no longer serves as a "decisive metanarrative" in the postmodern worldview. Rather, it has taken the form of a narrative in its own right. In this way, the study of globalization has become a new and wide-ranging topic of research and writing, which has engaged the attention of a large number of scholars and intellectuals [5,7,8]. 

 

Historical Background of the Subject

Globalization, a popular phrase in the 1990s, is one of the most challenging difficulties in the social sciences since no precise definition has been provided, and there are still arguments and uncertainties. Some call globalization the ‘stage of capitalism' or 'late modernity' (Behkish), while others call it the equivalency of westernization, modernization, or globalization, especially in the U.S. (Salvatore). Globalization has ancient roots. Globalization has been around for more than 400 years. In the mid-1980s, it gained scientific respectability. Globalization has expanded economic marketplaces globally. Globalization [9] and the rise of economic marketplaces are the result of multinational corporations' massive activities (Sklair). Although this word has been employed with care in scientific writings and is opposed to the global community, the world system, and the international trade, it is used similarly by humanities academics in the free movement of ideas and money. IMF official Edward Annie Tat defined it as "a system that permits the free flow of ideas, people, goods, services, and money throughout the globe." Globalization reduces distances, alters temporal experiences, and portrays a global nature (203). According to Malcolm Waters, "the social process has erased and demolished the restrictions of location on social and cultural exchanges" (Waters). According to Albrow, current procedures focus on reuniting the world's population (96). IMF defines globalization as greater and deeper integration. Globalization is "the growth in countries' dependency on one another due to expanded business, cross-border money flows, and broader distribution." In the wide definition of globalization, international refers to increased ties and interdependence between people from different countries. Globalization links historically independent groupings into interdependence and global oneness. Globalization compresses geography and time.

 

Global or World Building

Globalization is a fictitious origin of the term globe. It's global. Crates Korea, for the planet's surface, used the phrases "earth" and "world" about 150 BC, although globalization, globalize, and globalizing are newer terms. As a transitive verb, globalize means "world-building" in Persian. Globalize has a long history of association with industrialized, national, and nationalization. Scholars may not have differentiated between globalization and globalization until recently. Globalization requires a subject and agent, but it doesn't need both. Thus, globalization is an unavoidable process that is an evolved form of human growth in the political, economic, and cultural arenas. Globalization is a project that aims to secure the interests and ideals of the world's superpower and other governments and nations. Today, political science and international relations elders stress the contrasts. James Rosena believes globalization is a type of global integration (78). Mohammed Abed al-Jabri says globalization is welcoming the globe, "knowing different cultures and respecting others' ideas. But globalization is the negation of others, impact on other cultures, and where the ideology is." With the end of the Persian Gulf War and the dominance of the US and its allies, a new international order developed. Peace and democracy for the whole globe under the leadership of the United States and among the nations of the world, the only America with moral principles and the necessary means to promote world order. Leading organizations and institutes in culture and management throughout the world have helped steer this process by giving scientific resources (Anderson). Today, globalization prepares the way for a knowledge-based and managerial society in which knowledge and information drive growth and progress (UNESCO) Tomlinson feels globalization is a sudden process with focused and ignored areas. Globalization implies cultural imperialism, says Tomlinson (15). Experts differ on whether Globalization refers to globalization or globalization in Persian. They may seem synonymous, yet they differ in semantic load, practicality, and tools. In its initial turn, "globalization" was the introduction of a desired will and authority to transmit to the reader that globalization is a concrete fact and an inevitable requirement that every civilization must seek the wellbeing of its residents. To adapt to this powerful, essential, and helpful stream in the present of countries and human civilization with peace of mind and free will. "Globalization" describes how more individuals are linked over longer distances [5]. Globalization has made travel, communication, and investment simpler. It lets enterprises "sell products widely, obtain money and human resources effectively, share advanced technology, and profit from scale economies" (Wells). Globalization "increases the 'thicknesses of human connection and the effect this involvement has on the earth," decreasing it in geography and time.

 

Different Views on the Phenomenon of Globalization (Pros and Cons)

Varied viewpoints and definitions of globalization lead to different approaches to globalization. Different perspectives have been taken on this issue. Globalization is a must and a plus. Another group, considering the repercussions of this phenomena on countries, avoids it. According to Giddens, globalization may intensify social links that are far away and remote, influencing local events that are geographically miles apart and vice versa. Globalization is the fast growth of intricate linkages between societies, cultures, organizations, and individuals worldwide. Globalization involves "time and space compression" and "distance reduction," says Harvey. Globalization might imply space and labor outside of conscious nation, government, and culture to live in a tiny village" (Tomlinson). Globalization is defined as Westernization. They believed that western countries seek to mold other countries, remove their cultural, social, and value traits, and impose Western culture and way of life on them. If we adopt this vision of globalization, countries must oppose this dominance to protect their values and identity and not let globalization swallow up their culture and beliefs. Powerful countries utilize globalization to denigrate weak countries and undermine their identity. Globalization leads to discrimination, robbery of Third World resources, and the loss of impoverished nations' businesses and agriculture. Westernized globalization excludes developing nations from development, plunders their resources and income, and pits them against each other in an unequal rivalry. Those who see globalization as a danger assume we have no global strengths, which is false. This definition forms the stance of all globalization opponents. Second, globalization is a force for progress, wealth, peace and friendship, and knowledge and technology. And democracy's inventor is liberal. A global community enjoys "wider scientific, technological, health, security, and environmental services, and collaboration and proximity of nations and countries to minimize conflicts and boost resource efficiency." In the second sense, globalization is a long-running process of expanding international interactions, not the outcome of one or more countries' desire. Managers and those who define globalization aim to build the complicated world of today by making it active and successful work and globalization as an opportunity, not a danger to life and therefore might image their organization. According to the positives and downsides of globalization, managers and governments can thrive by aggressively confronting the phenomena. In an interactive mode, impact and effectiveness occur concurrently, and managers will maximize contacts with nations if they know their competitive advantages.

 

Relationship and the Effects of Globalization on the Field of Culture

Roland Robertson believes that globalization, as universal, particular, and specific traits of universality, is the current rapid globalization, and is the latest addition to its effects on politics and government, economy, and environment. It seems that most of all in the sphere of culture has made its impact and trend, showing that it is sometimes global culture or global cultural memory of the people. Perhaps nothing more than inventive, scientific, and industrial underpinning of cultural globalization is given. Miniaturization, customization, compression, communication, and independence-seeking have improved in modern technology. This new technology has profound cultural ramifications.

 

  • The spread of Western-style news, information, entertainment, and consumer products from the center to the periphery

  • Attract individuals to Western culture and English, whereas other locations have native culture and language. English as a colonial language is common to all former British colonies, including the U.S., Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan, and Canada. In contrast to the language local and not defined as standard, English is immediately identifiable and instructors are not educated to have it

 

So incomplete, minority language, and unfit for the New World were rejected, despite UN Research shows that learning the national language is better and faster. 700 million Africans speak a separate language; English is the prevalent language in Nigeria. As a consequence of enhanced communication and the rise of mass media, especially television, everyone in the globe may be exposed to the same pictures, and the "village of the world" will be spread across five continents. Culturally, globalization is primarily concerned with time and place and the creation of new globalization and globalization of culture circumstances. After globalization, it dominates economics and politics, focusing on the issues global culture produces for national and local identities through national media. Proponents of world culture argue that the Internet and satellite have compressed time, location, and closeness of countries' cultures, forming a dominating global culture. In the period of imperialism and globalization, a new face of capitalism pays more attention to cultural and political elements than economic colonialism and creates global cultures. Under capitalism, cultural production is interwoven with commodity production, and a new cultural dominance overshadows people's lives through the information society, therefore cultural creation takes place within political, economic, and social contexts. Globalization has changed our social circumstances, eroded national identity and fostered globalism. Integration across continents offers more equality and better living conditions for everybody. Human life depends on global changes, yet not everyone is affected equally. This widening divide between rich and poor may benefit some, but it can hurt others. Chomsky [10], Falk [7], Petras, and Veltemyer oppose globalization. Its "vast gaps between the center and the periphery" (109) produce poverty, economic instability, and inequality. Cultural sectors Proposed by communication scientists, it's owing to the direct control of cultural worlds, which through economic pressures has removed the previous barriers between economic circumstances and cultural elements, and interpreted the merger of economics and culture into cultural industries. With the rapid rise of information technology, satellite media, and the Internet, industrial giants may transcend their cultural borders and hence geographies. Indigenous civilizations have grown docile in the turbulence of aggressive society. Man's connection to his home culture has weakened. Globalization of culture does not indicate the annihilation of indigenous and traditional values; it refers to the formation and growth of shared human values. Common values include concept acceptance. Human rights fight organized state brutality, pollution, and national culture. These ideals aren't imposed. Culture-based. Many political scientists and other scientists stress cultural globalization. Robertson's "Third Culture" refers to the establishment of shared values independent from national and conventional cultural norms. He argues that "these cultures give chances for new loyalties that are not always followed by the collapse of previous loyalties." Robertson also emphasized the necessity for a multidimensional and heterogeneous understanding of the global system's local, national, and component aspects. In today's multicultural society, a culture may continue to provide people's practical and spiritual requirements. Choose your identity. Therefore, cultural settings should be constructed to increase self-identity so people can pick self-identity symbols (p.99) [4]. 

 

Modern and Postmodern Thinkers on Globalization and Culture

Post-structuralist discourse theories are popular in the post-modern age and different social arenas. The economy has become more reliant on culture through advertising, industry, and lifestyle marketing. Politicians, the media, and the public link politically, and in the social arena, the last criteria is cultural. Krishan Kumar thinks that "postmodern philosophers must be anthropologically characterized" and that culture is "a way of thinking, feeling, and doing". Such a definition appears misleading since it suggests a homogenous society, while postmodern theorists saw confusing and unstable manifestations. Postmodern spin shows this. Harvey argues in State of Postmodernity that globalization relates postmodernity to postmodernism and that a new sort of capitalism may be perceived via classical Marxism. According to Harvey, global head for capitalists is not a new phenomenon, but post-flexible modernity's compression takes considerable attention and effort. Social activity has increased so much that space has shrunk or evaporated, as proven by satellite communications, and post-modernity is flexible. Postmodern culture has generated. Economics Landmarks and Places Scott Lash and John Yuri used a Marxist framework to understand globalization. As with Harvey's "modernity," postmodernism emphasizes significant aspects of modern life while maintaining capitalism's driving force. Lash and Urry argue that Harvey's new traits, which relate to its "capitalist non-organized" and "post-modernity" To understand modern capitalism, Lash and Urry say we must first assess how much culture affects the economy.

 

Third-spectrum ideologies consider globalization modernization. Giddens and Beck describe globalization's reasons. McGrew argues that globalization, as a result of modernity's processes, implies reflective knowledge based on vector (rootless) social links over time-space. He differentiates modernity from earlier times [9]. Beck says we live in a "reflective modernity, not a postmodern period" [11]. Fourth-wave thinkers perceive globalization as postmodernism because of global culture. This group analyzes globalization via postmodern rotation. Postmodern, fluid, broken, mixed, and integrated describe global culture. These persons are included. "Global culture" refers to the globalization of culture, not to a unified culture or inflated definition. Post-modern global culture goes beyond diversity, fragmentation, and fluidity.

 

Summary of Globalization

Globalization has caused the necessary and strategic impact, of “global culture.” The term, implies belief in the harmonization of global developments in order to integrate the “culture” in the same mold and are characterized by universal and comprehensive. However, it should be more sensitive than the one-dimensional generalizations, to the strains of the current trends, neglected not. Accordingly, it can be said that in the new global context, the space for intercultural encounters and contacts is much more prepared than in the past. This can speed up the process of transfer of cultural norms and accelerated ongoing cultural transformation leads to. Also, the outcome of this situation, can highlight points and differences of cultures and prepare areas for collisions cultural. Samuel Huntington in his book The Clash of Civilizations has argued that, politics and the world economy modern, begotten not the main contradiction in the world. The great divide between humans and the dominating source of conflict, culture will be the battle lines of the future, the fault lines between civilizations will be the West need to understand other cultures and civilization requires attention to the commonalities of different models. This situation can lead to judgments about the trajectory and how cultural change takes place, and sometimes the will is expressed in a planned and coherent way that seeks to bring about cultural change in some parts of the world. 

 

While cultural policies to protect the interests of power blocs can be accepted and conceivable, it should be noted that the direction of cultural change can also be in terms of the degree of appropriateness or adaptation between cultures. And human development needs are met. However, globalization, whether a historical and spontaneous necessity or a planned and imposed project, is a tangible reality facing the world, and the opportunity to act in this field is open to all societies. This field is also a great opportunity to threaten, and it depends on how to be a threat or an opportunity, to a large extent on the structure and the cultural, social, program planning and governance in a society. Therefore, we cannot and should not fence the presence of this phenomenon. Because on the one hand it is deprived of its positive benefits and on the other hand it will definitely lead to positive entropy in the long run, because the cultural system is inevitably open to exchange and it should be noted that in resolving cultural conflicts Resolving the issue in a formal and cross-sectional manner is practical without result.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

In this chapter, by analyzing the data collected through library studies in research, we analyze research questions that are of particular importance in concluding research.

 

Analysis of The White Tiger

"Globalization" links more people across greater distances (p.15) [5]. Globalization simplifies travel, communication, and investment. It allows businesses "sell extensively, get money and human resources efficiently, exchange innovative technologies, and benefit from scale economies". Globalization "increases the 'thicknesses of human connection and the influence this engagement has on the world". Globalization reduces nationalism and increases globosity. Integration across continents improves equality and living standards. Global changes effect humans differently. Globalization may benefit people, but it may exacerbate the rich-poor gap and hurt certain communities.

 

The White Tiger critiques globalization's effect on the poor, specifically how it has worsened India's fight against inequality and injustice. Globalization will exacerbate slavery and poverty, turning people into monsters like Balram, it says. Balrams will breach the law in the absence of equality, fairness, and equitable money and resource allocation. Their identity and status in New India must be subverted. Globalization and slavery have produced India's two nations of light and darkness. Any genuine plan to help India must correct economic imbalances and lift millions out of poverty. Aravind Adiga thinks corrupt institutions bring instability and calamity. "Humans and animals must live as themselves" (p.273) [1] Free press in India. Libertarian and democratic societies are equal and free. Happiness requires peace and money. Freedom and equality are threatened by several forces. India is corrupt. Imperial captivity and foreign interference kept India from becoming a flawless democracy for 66 years. Corruption in a democratic, transparent, egalitarian society? Corruption is widespread and takes various forms. Corruption includes bribery, nepotism, theft, patronage, and favoritism. Ahuja described corruption in Social Problems in India. Bribery is corruption. It's also called "illegally using governmental power for private gain." Power abuse (not necessarily money). Andriski calls it "illegal public power exploitation." Corruption is breaching public office rules for private gain, says Szeftel. Ford Private advantage may be gained through breaching laws, using discretion, or performing duties. J. Nye defines corruption as "abusing public office". Corruption is "violating public responsibility for money or prestige gain" [12]. Top-down corruption. City corruption isn't unique. Rural areas are propagated by corrupt officials and vendors. Price and uncertainty imprison humanity.

 

Foucault: "Power is universal, not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everything" [13]. "Power is wielded in non-egalitarian and mobile ways," he argues (94). Knowledge is "power without violence" (220) The impoverished are enslaved by India's weak. Constant power and poverty corrupt the heroes. Balram and Gopal's ambition causes bloodshed, immorality, and corruption. 'Balram' According to Gaventa, power is disseminated, embodied, wielded, discursive, and actors are made [14]. Political victory involves money, muscle, police, and group coordination. Foucault says power is gained via "distributed and ubiquitous" methods. Power is the power to persuade a free individual to act. Adiga and Bhagat discuss power. Power keeps the poor in a coop and forces escapees to retreat. Power influences others' behavior. Unlike force or violence, power isn't tangible. Human bonds are powerful. A dynamic, unpredictable world is powerless.

 

Power is "made instantly, everywhere," therefore it can't unify everything [13]. Adiga blames our tardiness on "parliamentary democracy" (p.156) [1]. Adiga believes idealists don't make India habitable. He criticizes the country's legislative system. India chose democracy for itself. Adiga says we're all fascists: "the fascism that loves power, the fascism that dominates us" (p.156) [1]. Bhakti introduces illegal buildings as educational corruption. "Varanasi Nagar Nigam feasts, builders cheat" is illegal. Oversized farmhouses were approved. Info:

 

Unauthorized projects may be built. This case will be simpler to show misconduct than GAP. Agricultural land is being turned into universities to maximize building. Future college campuses will surround retail centers. Politicians harm our security despite best attempts. VNN spaces are available in the city's newest hotels, homes, and businesses. What's permitted vs. what VNN allows... [15].

 

In The White Tiger, Balram drives Ashok and his troops by a bronze memorial of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian people. Balram: "We're bribing a government with Gandhi." Cruel. I'll keep claiming our political system is fake (p.137) [1].

 

Poor health care and government inactivity worsen poverty. Before three elections, three candidates build a hospital (p.47) [1]. Balram's father died of medical neglect. Disrespect and humiliation plague medical services. Socialists established Lohia Universal Free Hospital after the election. Hospital lacks physicians. Since the public sector pays highly, physicians may be employed by bribing and stroking the employer's feet. This enables you maintain your government salary while working privately. Insignificance. You're verified. Appreciate my shattered limb. "Jaundice cured" (p.50) [1]. Adiga Author is included. "Aren't all corrupt tales corrupt? Widespread corruption Prostitutes fabricate papers. Most urban women work here because of poverty. Girls are bartered in Dhanbad, Delhi, and Bangalore. "What's this hotel?" You? Delhi's rich enjoy "golden-haired girls" (p.232) [1]. Golden-haired women demand money from providers. No one is frightened to prank "Big Belly" Gopal got a 50% discount on his cousin's school through Bansal admissions in Kota. Nepotism prevails even in basic regions. Baba's funeral cost $10,000. Someone arranged a funeral heinously. Uncle handed the priest $500. [15]. Inept and corrupt judiciary and administration tarnish India's reputation. Corruption protects the rich from prosecution. The police force is corrupt because constables to senior officials are paid. Criminals and complainants must pay police. Police may arrest and harass even the most honest individuals. Balram hit-and-runs Pinky Madam. Slaves in India are required to be "loyal as a dog" and self-sacrificing. A servant is often accused of killing his master overseas. Justice isn't for the unworthy. It's worth money and power. Money's ancestor (p.145) [1]. Judges disregard compelled confessions because "they're part of the scheme." They take the money and dismiss the evidence. Thus, goes life (170). Chetan Bhagat [15] examines India's economy through Marxist eyes. Marx claimed that although humans affect society's progress, material limits limit them. In The German Ideology, Marx and Engels contend that man's material connection is the basis of ideas, conceptions, and consciousness. Men's behaviors effect their ideas, emotions, and spirituality. Not what others say, think, envision, or envisage, but the physically active man. Not the other way around. A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (1859) offers a similar point, per Eagleton [16].

 

Materialism is social, political, and philosophical. Social life determines men, not brains. Every culture has class conflict. Economic output limits a man's social freedom, thus he can't "select his social ties freely" (6). Balram's triumph requires a bribe. He can't discern justice from fairness due to his terrible actions. Balram's nation values riches, power, and hard work. No traditionalists or moralists. "I'm tomorrow. I'm not well-educated. I didn't finish high school. Whatevs! I've only read the significant novels. Rumi, Iqbal, Mirza Ghalib, and a fourth poet whose name I've forgotten are among my favorites. Self-taught entrepreneur (p.6) [1].

 

His caustic and acerbic voice shines through. Materialism penetrates society, says the narrator. His world is a Marxist stage. Balram Halwai, now called Ashok Sharma, speaks about his newfound wealth and prestige in Bangalore. "Power/knowledge" alludes to scientific understanding and "truth" Balram drives a Honda and witnesses corruption. After killing him, he assumes his identity. "Mr. Ashok transformed me," says Balram. Balram says he changed because Mr. Ashok became immoral, perverted, and hostile. How can a dishonest Honda City owner keep the driver innocent? Gopal's party power is increased by Adiga's knowledge of Bhagat's Revolution 2020 malfeasance. Change takes time. True agony causes this. India's growing youth population will need more quality schools and employment. Resource shortages are coming. Hoaxer exposed. Maximum 10 years. Revolution 2020 will destabilize India in 2020. Online colleges. Nothing is resolved until they attack. Future generations will lack school and employment desire, like before. When criminals and Indians are punished.

 

The White Tiger reveals India's inequality. Corruption is common in Indian society. "Power, money, and respect are human," the book said (p.256) [1]. Unregulated patterns degrade moral and human values. Because they don't make enough, hardworking men resort to crime. Dishonest leaders may destroy society. Balram's statement, "The rich receive the greatest things, while we get their crumbs," illustrates corruption's anguish (233). Adiga isn't a Hazare supporter, but he supports India's anti-corruption crusade. I don't believe he regularly criticizes India's corruption to find problems. First determine a problem's primary cause. Adiga believes highlighting this issue would help people understand the situation. Young Indian, your revolution is in your stomach, Adiga says. Read. Color TVs show cricket and shampoo ads. 

 

White Tiger's anguish and sadness are ineffective. They're odd, immoral, and creative. Large-scale corruption demands remorse. Hard to fight corruption. Adiga recognizes this, but a sluggish shift shouldn't stop a campaign. Adiga argues a 100-year revolution may free the impoverished (p.302) [1]. Adiga desired anti-corruption revolution. The authors taught Indians about corruption. The study reveals the Indian government is ineffective. Corruption is efficient in both works, but it must be eliminated. India's culture is rich and diverse. It would take a long time to break away from patriarchal control and institutional ideology. Aravind Adiga blends power and persecution. Second subject was similar. Kusum is a lower-caste elder. Lower caste Indian women are represented as ignorant, impoverished, and uneducated. Third-world women are cultural and economic victims, argues Mohanty. Kusum is a lower-caste social victim. Indians face gender and caste inequality. "Third World women are victims of their specific cultural and socio-economic system," says Mohanty. In Adiga's first half, she resists the stereotype of weak Indian women, particularly from lower castes. Balram meets "The Great Socialist" at Dhanbad. This politician is pro-poor. Hands broke through the party's logo. Poor throw rich to wolves. He reigned Darkness. Even though he was dishonest and faced 93 criminal counts, the judges in Darkness helped him. Balram must take on a crooked and aggressive guy who supports the poor but has a wealth in a Swiss bank safe deposit box to overthrow the Great Socialist politician, his landlord and master. He helps the Great Socialist since he's better than their bosses. "That's the Good Socialist," he said. We reelected him because he embarrassed our employers (p.105) [1]. This politician pretends as a poor advocate but utilizes them for power. Because he's neither "great" nor "socialist," the metaphor shows his nasty side. White Tiger doubts man's redemption. The White Tiger is Indian novelist Adiga's letter series to the Chinese PM. Wen Jiabao reads the mail. Letters reveal India's culture and civilization. "India is the world's biggest democracy" is often disputed. The white tiger "ruins" Indian democracy. White tiger's an entrepreneur. This book's title suggests fraud, turmoil, and corruption in "the world's greatest democracy". The white tiger indicates that democracy doesn't survive in prejudiced society. Undemocratic nations are dirty. White tigers aren't democratic leaders in their eyes. He's illiterate, but he's mastered "smile democracy" As an "illiterate but brilliant" "darkness guy," he's good at listening and learning. Unlawful. Police? They murder and steal from the poor. White tiger observes two Indians. water-dwelling the holy river crossing is gloomy. Decomposing filth. Body pieces, human garbage, dead cows, and industrial pollutants litter the ground.

 

Ironically, The White Tiger mocks democracy and poverty. The White Tiger is a compelling narrative of India's poverty and corruption. The author utilizes humor to avoid "naturalism" "Behloolvar's joy and comedy salvage the narrative" The White Tiger's protagonist, like many Indian lords and corrupt politicians, becomes an "entrepreneur" [6].

 

Summary of Analysis

The White Tiger is a pulsing indictment of India's deep-rooted socio-economic inequalities, highlighting the age-old concerns and fears of the impoverished. According to a study of the Indian society, corruption is pervasive in all its sectors. It turns out, according to the research, that in India, authority is used violently against the poor in order to capture control of them. The characters' poverty and constant exposure to such power encourages them to become corrupt. Power, for Foucault, includes imposing restrictions on or modifying the will of a free person in order to force him to do what he otherwise would not. Adiga's attitude of power is reflected in this comment. To control the poor's wills, power is deployed in the shape of a coop, and anybody who attempts to escape it is generally handled with the same force that forced them into the coop in The White Tiger. In its simplest form, power is a relationship in which one person has the ability to influence the behavior of another. In contrast to force or violence, which have a physical impact on the body, power does not. Discipline is a sort of power that permeates society and permeates all human interactions. In Adiga's novel, The White Tiger, the state does not have a monopoly on power since power relations are unstable and dynamic.

CONCLUSION

The current study tries to show how globalization's economic mobility makes discipline necessary. Balram, Adiga's protagonist in The White Tiger, exposes government corruption in India. Balram believes money may make the mare go since corruption is omnipresent. When it comes to money, personal relationships don't matter. He discovered that giving government officials a lot of money made unlawful things legitimate. The corrupt practitioner receives multimillion-rupee contracts. In India, power brokers rule. Business ethics have declined. Balram evolves into Ashok. Politicians' open auction to fill the office of Government Medical Superintendent illustrates widespread corruption. "Corrupt tales are the greatest" (p.41) [1]. Adiga satirizes Mukesh, Ashok's brother, who screws Balram to discover a rupee dropped in the car while they've provided a large bribe and are ready to drink. "We just paid a half-million-rupee bribe, Mukesh, and now we're cheating him for a penny." Let's get a drink" (p.117) [1]. Corruption and bribery are ubiquitous in every sector of society, and this research examines Adiga's The White Tiger. Ironically, government officials have more Gandhi photos on money bills than on walls. Ashok: "We're passing Gandhi after bribing a minister" (p.115) [1]. Balram bribes the cops after becoming Ashok Sharma. Politics have a huge influence in globalized society, according to this study. The current state of politics allows males to reach the top of their political careers quickly, eroding principles and culture. Balram is interested in a show on Castro, who drove away the affluent and emancipated his people. He mocks socialists who shake hands with the poor for publicity, and 93 murder, rape, and gun running charges are ongoing against him. Such politicians waste people's money and turn it into a lovely European nation. Balram informs the Chinese PM about elections: "Typhoid, cholera, and election fever." This last one makes people talk about topics they have no say in (p.82) [1]. People who vote for bribes seldom experience remorse or shame. While globalization has benefited India, as seen in this research, there are still places and individuals without basic utilities. Government hospitals in India are disgusting: "Three black goats sat on the stairs of the enormous, faded white structure; goat dung drifted out the open entrance." Most windows were smashed; a cat peered out of one crack (p.40) [1]. Ironically, the Great Socialist triumphantly opened Lohia Universal Free Hospital, proving he meets his promises. Adiga mentions ward boys being bribed to ask for treatment. News searches require lying down. Doctors never arrive in time to help men in darkness. Adiga ridicules the sale, yet the government hospital has the poorest care. As described in the thesis, class and caste discrimination are also effective in the modern nation. Balram is a "sweet maker" (Halwai). These groups are naturally hired in sweet stores. "He cleaned excrement. Kind landowners treated their serfs (53). In ancient India, there may have been a thousand castes and fates, but today there are only two: "Men with Big Bellies and Men with Small Bellies" (p.54) [1] and "Indian Liquor Men and English Liquor Men" (62). Rich people treat dogs as if they were humans, and vice versa. The men in darkness are so faithful that they become victims of their bosses' crimes and must inhabit jail on their behalf. Adiga feels caste prejudice is more common in rural than cities. Balram finds Ashok altered by American culture and Delhi's globalization. "Ashok, everyone in Delhi has whiskey in their automobile. (181) This study examined globalization's influence on Indian culture. "It's a terrific, robust bottle of Johnnie Walker Black," Balram said of his murder weapon (181). Balram's lack of guilt for killing his boss illustrates American culture's profound roots in Indian society. Other nations attempt to replicate India's ancient culture and noble ideals and beliefs. Ironically, Indians sacrifice values for money. "It's strange that girls walk inside buildings late at night and emerge with so much cash" (107). Indians enjoy a decent flow of money, but Adiga highlights the cost of earning that money, which destroys ethical and moral principles. Globalization, as the symbolic phenomenon of the 21st century and as the process of multinational interconnectedness and interrelatedness, across all spheres in terms of social, cultural, economic, political, and ecological milieu, is totally distressing with unfulfilled promises of economic prosperity and expanding class disparity. Aravind Adiga describes the challenges of globalization as thirst for money, a decline in human values, and rising prejudice. This comprehensive representation of Modern India, with its influence on globalization, could not have been made feasible, as many writers try to concentrate in a polished fashion, but Adiga delivers the real India with all its malaises. An endeavor like this thesis' analysis of globalization's aftermaths would help realize the darker side of the nation and show it as a utopian place to live without caste, color, position, or economic background differences.

 

Research Suggestions

Social maturity, globalization, and differentiation outcomes should inform practical solutions. Similar study is advised for various book forms, notably cultural novels. Relevant authorities might also conduct free workshops on social maturity, coherent self-knowledge, and difference in modern society. Future research should study how cultural and ethnic factors affect globalization in different nations. Between the Assassinations by Bhagat and The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein can be used to study globalization.

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