For 10 points, identify this protagonist of a novel by Aravind Adiga.
This man thinks of all the buffalo he could have bought with the money he spent on a prostitute with blond hair that turns out to be dyed. This character has to make up a lie about a sacred tree after touching his eye while passing a temple. This character mentions how the only smell that lasts longer than the Pomeranians Cuddles and Puddles is that of an old man's feet. He receives a promotion soon after discovering his roommate is actually a Muslim, and he regularly repeats another character's catchphrase, "what a fucking joke." This son of a (*) rickshaw-puller grows up in Laxmanargh and receives his name frmo his teacher Krishna. This man compares the life of the poor in India to the Great Rooster Coop, and he covers for a hit-and-run perpetrated by his employer's American wife, Pinky Madam. In a letter to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, this character details how he killed Mr. Ashok while serving as his chauffeur. For 10 points, identify this protagonist of a novel by Aravind Adiga.
This man thinks of all the buffalo he could have bought with the money he spent on a prostitute with blond hair that turns out to be dyed.
The White Tiger [or Balram Halwai; or Balram Halwai]