Sagar Arya reads Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning satire on contemporary India. The story of Balram Halwai, the son of a rickshaw puller, who escapes the rural poverty of his village into the bright lights and corruption of the city. Balram finds work in a teashop, but his eyes are set on greater things. When the chance of a job as a chauffeur comes up, he sees a way out of his family's grinding poverty.