Hot on Sir Salman's heels this year is the debut novel by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger.

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There were angry scenes outside Mr Patten's hotel on Tuesday, as about 100 protesters burnt his effigy and called him a "white Tiger".

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But if their protagonists are polar opposites, both stories -- one as told in Aravind Adiga's best-selling novel "The White Tiger, " the other in "Slumdog Millionaire, " the new movie from "Trainspotting" director Danny Boyle -- have much in common.

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On this second point, he mentions several popular thinkers in the realm of entrepreneurship, such as Eric Ries, Steve Blank, Clayton Christensen, and Brad Feld, and recommends two novels that touch on entrepreneurship and business, American Pastoral and The White Tiger.

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Or take bureaucratic secrecy: he has created a semi-official parallel administration within the White House and has fought like a tiger to keep his doings private.

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Tiger sharks and the occasional great white and whale shark can be seen farther out to sea.

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The surface of this snow-white moon is riven with cracks - dubbed tiger stripes - at its south pole.

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Combined with the retirement of Lance Armstrong, the diminished reputation of Tiger Woods, and the fading of interest in 2010 winter Olympians like Apolo Anton Ohno and Shaun White, the mini-rally has launched three Nascar drivers into the ranks of the most influential athletes.

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