Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger, a dark social commentary, takes on religion in an extremely harsh manner. The tone of the writer is very sarcastic, sometimes unbearable. Throughout the novel we find the writer making fun of Hindu Gods and the religious sentiments of the people. Many critics reacted sharply to the attitude of the writer. Adiga, through Balram Halwai, the protagonist of the story, shocks the reader by his religious views. Adiga probably thinks the religion as an evil power which contributes in strengthening the “rooster coop” and making the man a slave of religious laws imposed by the age-old traditions. The writer perhaps wishes for a spiritual reorientation and a rationalism which can help the common man to get rid of the darkness of ignorance.