000			01376nam a22002297a 4500
999			_c4681 _d4681
005			20230131152255.0
008			230131b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020			_a9780143452195
082			_a823 _bSHU
100			_aShukla, Shrilal _98491
245			_aSelected satire: _bfifty years of ignorance
260			_bPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd. _aHaryana _c2021
300			_axii, 207 p.
365			_aINR _b299.00
520			_aSelected Satire: Fifty Years of Ignorance brings together about 20 satire pieces of eminent Hindi writer, Shrilal Shukla. Most noted for his novel Raag Darbari, for which he received the Sahitya Akademi Award, Shukla also wrote several collections of satirical essays and short stories. The pieces in this volume include his socio-political and cultural satires, where he caricaturizes politicians, mocks the bureaucracy (many of whom were his friends), and picks on the so-called developmental schemes of the government. A couple of pieces are also about small town attitudes and pretentions of intellectuals. The overall flavour is of an irreverence to authority and humour drawn from everyday occurrences.
650			_aSatirical essays _911713
650			_aPolitical - cultural sattires _911714
650			_aModern classics _911715
650			_aRaag Darbari _911716
650			_aModern classic fiction _911717
942			_2ddc _cBK