He is an entrepreneur, and as the story unfolds-told over seven nights to Premier Wen Jiabao of China in an imaginary series of letters from Balram’s tiny, chandelier-equipped office in Bangalore-we learn just what it means to be one of the new breed of entrepreneurs in India. But there is nothing typical about Balram. Balram Halwai, according to his name and his caste, ought to be a sweet-maker in the small village in rural India where he was born (referred to as the Darkness, in contrast to the Light of the big cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore). The book received this praise for the story it tells and the uniqueness of the protagonist’s character and narrative voice.

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