Pinky Madam Character Analysis in The White Tiger

Ashok’s beautiful, Americanized wife. Pinky is a demanding, critical and cruel mistress to Balram. She is unhappy in India and eager to return to the US, which puts a strain on her marriage to Ashok. After killing a young child in a hit- and-run accident, Pinky, because she is rich, is able to evade any legal complications and flies back to America and abruptly ends her marriage.

Pinky Madam Quotes in The White Tiger

The The White Tiger quotes below are all either spoken by Pinky Madam or refer to Pinky Madam. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Free Press edition of The White Tiger published in 2008.

“We’re driving past Ghandi, after just having given a bribe to a minister. It’s a fucking joke, isn’t it.”

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Page Number and Citation: 115

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Pinky Madam Character Timeline in The White Tiger

The timeline below shows where the character Pinky Madam appears in The White Tiger. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.

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...returns to the village years later with his wealthy master Mr. Ashok and his mistress Pinky Madam, he finally gets the courage to visit the fort alone. He looks out over... (full context)

...feel a sense of loyalty and closeness to the murdered Ashok and his former wife, Pinky Madam. He attributes many of his best ideas to Ashok and his family, explaining that... (full context)

...of their fortune. Balram listens in on the conversations that follow: Ashok, Mukesh Sir, and Pinky Madam decide that they have to move to Delhi to ensure that they can bribe... (full context)

...upcoming incarceration, the Stork asks him to massage his feet. They sit in silence until Pinky Madam enters the room and reminds them to tell Balram that he is free: through... (full context)

A few days later, Pinky Madam wakes Balram early in the morning and has him drive her to the airport.... (full context)

The Mongoose arrives in Delhi to help Ashok through his separation from Pinky, and also bearing a letter to Balram from Kusum Granny. Ashok and the Mongoose read... (full context)

...him, made him capable of murder and rebellion, only after the city corrupted Ashok. After Pinky's departure, Ashok begins going out to bars and clubs at night. As his driver on... (full context)

...the books, just to feel the “electricity” of knowledge they give off. He mulls over Pinky Madam’s parting gift to him of 4700 rupees, and concludes that this money represented just... (full context)