Vivek Gupta's report in HT Panchkula LiveIPS Rajbir Deswal's latest book is a witty take on grim issues like corruption, babudom...
Call it a wit or sarcasm, Mall Watch, IPS Rajbir Deswal's new book has it all. A compilation of about forty short anecdotes, the book narrates many incidents that stir humour as well as human farce while touching many grim issues like corruption, babudom, and police highhandedness besides different shades of human affairs and ostentatious maneuverings.
The interesting short stories in the book include one on former US President Bill Clinton's rendezvous with Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal on the subject of true love, Thanedar's elbow pressure due to countless Diwali gifts, interesting episodes from the entertainment industry, taxing on `quilt' for propounding work culture, a woman Shakespeare, and all that is `phoren' being great.
Joking seriously and seriously joking are two different things. Ask Deswal, and he says both matter when cooked with human miseries. “It is general tendency among juniors to salute their senior officers but what if it is done out of compulsion? They may be chiding in their heart while saluting. In one of my stories, I have projected it differently and given it humour,“ says Deswal.
In another story, he shows how a police officer's decision to horse ride at 5 in the morning results in a lot of hullabaloo at midnight.
Deswal is at the best of his wits as well as satire when he narrates a story of a police officer who pointlessly harasses a barber who later is called by his servant to give him a shave. The story talks about the police officer's fear when he realises the same and how it lands him in trouble.
He also touches many serious issues. He questions changing role of editors who remain silent on burning issues. According to Deswal, Mall Watch, is the story of confusions, frustration, tongue-in-cheek attitudes as well vanities in one's life.What makes the book worth reading is the way he has treated the social issues.
Deswal has over six books to his credit, besides over 1,000 articles including middles and book reviews.
Few of his books on Haryanvi culture, including Wit and Humour of Haryana, Culture-Bright and Dark, Latke Jhatke, have been a hit in the literary circles. His last book, Hoor Menaka, is a translation of Haryanvi songs by Pandit Lakhmi Chand.
The interesting short stories in the book include one on former US President Bill Clinton's rendezvous with Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal on the subject of true love, Thanedar's elbow pressure due to countless Diwali gifts, interesting episodes from the entertainment industry, taxing on `quilt' for propounding work culture, a woman Shakespeare, and all that is `phoren' being great.
Joking seriously and seriously joking are two different things. Ask Deswal, and he says both matter when cooked with human miseries. “It is general tendency among juniors to salute their senior officers but what if it is done out of compulsion? They may be chiding in their heart while saluting. In one of my stories, I have projected it differently and given it humour,“ says Deswal.
In another story, he shows how a police officer's decision to horse ride at 5 in the morning results in a lot of hullabaloo at midnight.
Deswal is at the best of his wits as well as satire when he narrates a story of a police officer who pointlessly harasses a barber who later is called by his servant to give him a shave. The story talks about the police officer's fear when he realises the same and how it lands him in trouble.
He also touches many serious issues. He questions changing role of editors who remain silent on burning issues. According to Deswal, Mall Watch, is the story of confusions, frustration, tongue-in-cheek attitudes as well vanities in one's life.What makes the book worth reading is the way he has treated the social issues.
Deswal has over six books to his credit, besides over 1,000 articles including middles and book reviews.
Few of his books on Haryanvi culture, including Wit and Humour of Haryana, Culture-Bright and Dark, Latke Jhatke, have been a hit in the literary circles. His last book, Hoor Menaka, is a translation of Haryanvi songs by Pandit Lakhmi Chand.
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