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The driver of another wealthy businessman who lives in Ashok’s apartment complex. He has Vitiligo, a skin disease that results in the loss of skin pigmentation. Vitiligo-Lips takes a liking to Balram and attempts to help him adjust to Delhi. At first, his mentorship takes the form of supplying Balram with murder magazines and answering Balram’s questions about city life. Later in the novel, Vitiligo-Lips helps Balram procure a prostitute and begin to cheat Mr. Ashok out of his money.
Vitiligo-Lips Quotes in The White Tiger
The The White Tiger quotes below are all either spoken by Vitiligo-Lips or refer to Vitiligo-Lips. 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:
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Chapter 5: The Fifth Night Quotes
“The Rooster Coop was doing its work. Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters, or entrepreneurs. Yes, that’s the sad truth, Mr. Premier. The coop is guarded from the inside.”
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Vitiligo-Lips Character Timeline in The White Tiger
The timeline below shows where the character Vitiligo-Lips appears in The White Tiger. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 4: The Fourth Night
...waits outside the mall with the other drivers, one of whom he refers to as Vitiligo Lips . (Vitiligo is a skin disease that results in loss of skin color; treatment can...
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A few days after his exchange with Vitiligo Lips , Balram takes Ashok and Mukesh Sir to deliver bribes to ministers. He drives them...
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Chapter 7: The Sixth Night
Soon after Ashok’s evening with the minister’s assistant, Balram asks Vitiligo Lips to find him a golden haired prostitute. He also asks the older driver for advice...
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...the money he stole from Ashok, Balram hires a golden-haired prostitute with the help of Vitiligo Lips . To his disappointment, she is not nearly as attractive as Ashok’s Ukrainian girl. He...
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