What else can one say about a book that makes an earnest effort to hold forth on as to why "The Lion King" happens to be Narendra Modi's favourite movie of all time; the woeful fate that befalls Arnab Goswami's long time faithful (milkman) the one and only time he tries to get the better of hi, how Sonia Gandhi takes recourse to Britney Spears' musical repertoire every time she contemplates a cabinet reshuffle and last but not the least why Arvind Kejriwal refuses to part with his "pet" shawl despite Delhi being a virtual cauldron at the height of summer apart from saying that it it is a jolly good read that needs to be cherished for posterity........
At the outset, "Unreal Elections" a spoof on the holy cow of India's democracy namely our much vaunted and self acclaimed electoral system; this 296 page long laugh a minute read is somewhat Wodehousian in it's sweep and expanse in the sense that it pokes fun and cocks it's nose at every whim and fancy of both politician or media moghul be it a Manmohan Singh or then Barkha Dutt sparing nobody but scoring many a point without either being offensive or downrightly ridiculous in the bargain.......
Sample this example of the co-author's sparkling wit and repartee for example, "Kya kya chaapte hain yeh media waale, grumbled Modi, look at these headlines, 'Modi is India's answer to Hitler', 'Modi is a dictator', 'Modi is a .......pariah', Modi looked askance at his right hand man Shah and queried 'what's pariah'"..........
Um, seems to stem from pari, Modibhai......uh, the Hindi word/equivalent of fairy, answers Shah while giving his bald pate a vigorous scratch.....Maybe pariah means a male fairy, Shah responds a little to eloquently for Modi's liking.........
Says a lot about Modi's proficiency in the Queen's English and his Man Friday's penchant to curry favour at any and every given opportunity that is accorded to him doesn't it, while harking back to the heady days of that evergreen television drama "Yes Minister" or then should I say, "Yes Prime Minister"............
Or then chew on this one while pondering over the extent to which ministers or other bigwigs within the echelons of the Congress party will stoop to in order to remain firmly ensconed in the good books of the "Maa Beta duo" i.e. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.........
Sycophancy can be a double edged sword that can cut forth both ways: do it right and you can rise to your full potential; do it wrong and you can kiss your prospective career in the Congress goodbye.......
Like everything else in life, it is about striving for the golden mean. Today I intend to expound on how party members who intend climbing the ladder of success quickly and expeditiously can achieve that elusive balance......
The assemblage erupted in heart cheers, exhorting the petroleum and natural gas minister (Shri Veerappa Moily) to press ahead.........
All of us without exception now know what it takes to be a super successful Congressman don't we.........
Replete with numerous other such instances of sparkling wit, irreverent humour and crackling repartee "Unreal Elections" will not only adorn your bookshelves for many a year to come but also reach out for it whenever you are in the mood for a jolly good laugh that resonates in your belly for some time to come.........
Priced at an extremely affordable Rs. 250/- (available at a whopping 25% discount off the cover price if ordered now through Flipkart, Homeshop18 or Amazon India) and published by Penguin India, "Unreal Elections" not only promises to lighten up your day but also restore the lost lustre to your wondrous smile.........
So do yourself an immense favour and lay your hands on a copy of the very same without any further ado as such sparkling gems do not come by everyday and are not to be missed whenever they choose to make a grandiose appearance on the literary horizon........
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: C.S. Krishna is a self-proclaimed legendary development consultant who wants to make it big as public policy guru but three years of writing satire for the Unreal Times under the pseudonym of Unreal Mama has scarred his mind forever and rendered him incapable of thinking coherently........
WHILE, Karthik Laxman has a degree in software engineering from BITS- Pilani and an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad , but more career U-turns than than both Arvind Kejriwal and Mulayam Singh Yadav combined have rendered him incapable of being nothing more than an adequate "house husband" and co-editor or then should I say author of the Unreal Times......
At the outset, "Unreal Elections" a spoof on the holy cow of India's democracy namely our much vaunted and self acclaimed electoral system; this 296 page long laugh a minute read is somewhat Wodehousian in it's sweep and expanse in the sense that it pokes fun and cocks it's nose at every whim and fancy of both politician or media moghul be it a Manmohan Singh or then Barkha Dutt sparing nobody but scoring many a point without either being offensive or downrightly ridiculous in the bargain.......
Sample this example of the co-author's sparkling wit and repartee for example, "Kya kya chaapte hain yeh media waale, grumbled Modi, look at these headlines, 'Modi is India's answer to Hitler', 'Modi is a dictator', 'Modi is a .......pariah', Modi looked askance at his right hand man Shah and queried 'what's pariah'"..........
Um, seems to stem from pari, Modibhai......uh, the Hindi word/equivalent of fairy, answers Shah while giving his bald pate a vigorous scratch.....Maybe pariah means a male fairy, Shah responds a little to eloquently for Modi's liking.........
Says a lot about Modi's proficiency in the Queen's English and his Man Friday's penchant to curry favour at any and every given opportunity that is accorded to him doesn't it, while harking back to the heady days of that evergreen television drama "Yes Minister" or then should I say, "Yes Prime Minister"............
Or then chew on this one while pondering over the extent to which ministers or other bigwigs within the echelons of the Congress party will stoop to in order to remain firmly ensconed in the good books of the "Maa Beta duo" i.e. Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.........
Sycophancy can be a double edged sword that can cut forth both ways: do it right and you can rise to your full potential; do it wrong and you can kiss your prospective career in the Congress goodbye.......
Like everything else in life, it is about striving for the golden mean. Today I intend to expound on how party members who intend climbing the ladder of success quickly and expeditiously can achieve that elusive balance......
The assemblage erupted in heart cheers, exhorting the petroleum and natural gas minister (Shri Veerappa Moily) to press ahead.........
All of us without exception now know what it takes to be a super successful Congressman don't we.........
Replete with numerous other such instances of sparkling wit, irreverent humour and crackling repartee "Unreal Elections" will not only adorn your bookshelves for many a year to come but also reach out for it whenever you are in the mood for a jolly good laugh that resonates in your belly for some time to come.........
Priced at an extremely affordable Rs. 250/- (available at a whopping 25% discount off the cover price if ordered now through Flipkart, Homeshop18 or Amazon India) and published by Penguin India, "Unreal Elections" not only promises to lighten up your day but also restore the lost lustre to your wondrous smile.........
So do yourself an immense favour and lay your hands on a copy of the very same without any further ado as such sparkling gems do not come by everyday and are not to be missed whenever they choose to make a grandiose appearance on the literary horizon........
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: C.S. Krishna is a self-proclaimed legendary development consultant who wants to make it big as public policy guru but three years of writing satire for the Unreal Times under the pseudonym of Unreal Mama has scarred his mind forever and rendered him incapable of thinking coherently........
WHILE, Karthik Laxman has a degree in software engineering from BITS- Pilani and an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad , but more career U-turns than than both Arvind Kejriwal and Mulayam Singh Yadav combined have rendered him incapable of being nothing more than an adequate "house husband" and co-editor or then should I say author of the Unreal Times......
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