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    Sparks: Satire and Reviews
    Sparks: Satire and Reviews
    Sparks: Satire and Reviews
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    Sparks: Satire and Reviews

    By Ankur Mutreja

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    This book is an alternative representation of my thoughts, which have been presented more comprehensively in another of my books Writings @ Ankur Mutreja. I felt the need to publish this book separately to cater to the needs of those readers who don’t have much time to read books. The book is indeed a light reading.

    The book starts with the chapter entitled Satire, which, as the name suggests, comprises pointed attacks on the societal idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies, albeit mockingly. In the following chapter on Travel Locales, I have reviewed four disparate locations in India, attractive for their own unique appeals: Puducherry, Shillong, Auroville and Agartala.

    Next is the chapter on Movie Reviews & More. In the past few years, Hindi Cinema or Bollywood has seen many huge revenue collectors competing with the creativities – I don’t think the creativities need to compete with anybody. Only one huge revenue collector Ek Tha Tiger finds place in my list of reviews. I don’t like publishing my frustrations; therefore, if I have written a negative review, the movie must be really pathetic: Love, Sex and Dhoka. Other movies reviewed: Satyagraha, Raanjhana, Table No. 21, OMG, Mod, Udaan and Welcome to Sajjanpur. Other than that I have also reviewed a website, Flattr.com, and an architectural structure, Antilla: the Residence of Ambanis, in this chapter.

    Finally, the chapter on Book Reviews comprises my reviews of three books: Bhagwat Gita, Swaraj by Arvind Kejriwal, and An Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy.

    Enjoy Reading! Ankur Mutreja

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnkur Mutreja
    Release dateJul 17, 2015
    ISBN9781310242823
    Sparks: Satire and Reviews
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    Ankur Mutreja

    Ankur Mutreja published his first book in the year 2015 entitled "Writings @ Ankur Mutreja" as a non-professional endeavour mainly comprising short essays. Soon he realized the book needed to be drawn into easily presentable forms for the less involved audience; so, he derived three more books from the same entitled "Sparks", "Flare", and "Light". These were his introduction to the world as a writer/essayist. But, of course, a writer is a thinker first, and a good thinker doesn't think in genres. Ankur Mutreja has not set up any countours to his writings. He just thinks and expresses. So, he pens poems while wriitng travelogues, as in "Kerala Hugged"; incorporates fiction in essays, as in "Claims on Privacy"; and amalgamate satire, critique, and philosophy, as in "Anti-National Humanist". But that shouldn't stop him from writing poetry and prose. So, do enjoy his book of poems entitled "Nine Poems" and the fairy tale of his love with nature in the travelogue-cum-romcom entitled "Annapurna Circuit Trek".

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      Sparks - Ankur Mutreja

      Introduction

      This book is an alternative representation of my thoughts, which have been presented more comprehensively in another of my books Writings @ Ankur Mutreja. I felt the need to publish this book separately to cater to the needs of those readers who don\x92t have much time to read books. The book is indeed a light reading.

      The book starts with the chapter entitled Satire, which, as the name suggests, comprises pointed attacks on the societal idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies, albeit mockingly. In the following chapter on Travel Locales, I have reviewed four disparate locations in India, attractive for their own unique appeals: Puducherry, Shillong, Auroville and Agartala.

      Next is the chapter on Movie Reviews & More. In the past few years, Hindi Cinema or Bollywood has seen many huge revenue collectors competing with the creativities \x96 I don\x92t think the creativities need to compete with anybody. Only one huge revenue collector Ek Tha Tiger finds place in my list of reviews. I don\x92t like publishing my frustrations; therefore, if I have written a negative review, the movie must be really pathetic: Love, Sex and Dhoka. Other movies reviewed: Satyagraha, Raanjhana, Table No. 21, OMG, Mod, Udaan and Welcome to Sajjanpur. Other than that I have also reviewed a website, Flattr.com, and an architectural structure, Antilla: the Residence of Ambanis, in this chapter.

      Finally, the chapter on Book Reviews comprises my reviews of three books: Bhagwat Gita, Swaraj by Arvind Kejriwal, and An Ordinary Person\x92s Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy.

      This is a non-professional endeavor; therefore, you may be able to download it either free or for a small price, and the royalties, if any, accumulating where from will go in charity.

      Enjoy Reading! Ankur Mutreja

      (Do checkout my book: Annapurna Circuit Trek: Fairy Tale of Love with Nature)

      Chapter 1: Satire

      Chapter 1.1: Make in India May Fail because of the RSS

      As per the classified US reports, \x93Make in India\x94 has created quite a buzz amongst the US males of Indian origin; the lifetime visas have further boosted the propensity of the males to \x93Make in India\x94; however, the same has not caught up well with the US females of Indian origin in spite of the same privileges having been offered to them as well. One of the reasons attributed to this gender bias is the presence of too many bachelors in the RSS, who, in the current paradigm, are expected to appropriate the right to collaborate with the US females in \x93Make in India\x94. \x93Make in India\x94 may fail because of the RSS.

      Chapter 1.2: Hurry Up! Entries Invited for Obama Latrine Clean Up

      In a diplomatic coup, Modi has convinced Obama to clean up Indian latrines as part of his \x93Clean India Campaign\x94. Entries are invited from ordinary Indian citizens to send their stool sample for mandatory testing at the PMO. Lucky winners will get a chance to shake Obama\x92s latrine-clean hands in their own latrines. Hurry up! Only limited entries will be entertained! Twenty five percent reservations for the families of the US based NRIs/PIOs. Tentative date for the event has been fixed on 26.01.2015.

      Note: Credibility of the above information is subject to the credulity of the readers.

      Chapter 1.3: SC on Activism Spree

      SC replaces Srini with Gavaskar, NaMo with Swaraj, SRK with Sallu, Baba with Bips, AK49 with CBI, Butter Chicken with Green Salad, MMS with\x85oops, that\x92s my right!

      Chapter 1.4: CEC Crisis

      All Election Commissioners put in their papers in protest against the SMS poll of the Aam Aadmi Party. The Aam Aadmi Party nominates Prashant Bhushan, Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav as the new CEC team. Parliament proposes to debate whether it\x92s constitutional. The Aam Aadmi Party snubs the proposal terming it anti-people. The Team Anna terms CEC\x92s move as a conspiracy to sabotage Lokpal Bill.

      Chapter 1.5: Result of Opinion Poll for Indian Army: Just Ignore BJP

      Ms. Sushma Swaraj, BJP: Get ten Pakistani soldiers\x92 heads for one Indian soldier\x92s head.

      Mr. Yashwant Sinha, BJP: Indian Army can retaliate without crossing the LOC.

      Ramification: Get ten Pakistani soldiers\x92 heads without crossing the LOC.

      I propose the following opinion poll to help Indian Army.

      1. Seek divine powers from Shri Ram of Ramayana.

      2. Learn black magic from Baba Bengali.

      3. Just ignore BJP.

      Opinion poll result: Just Ignore BJP.

      Chapter 1.6: Being Gender Sensitive

      I feel ashamed of myself today. It\x92s abhorrent that I am out rightly callous to the sensitivities of the fairer gender. For how long I have been living in this make believe world of mine thinking they like me the way I am: dirty and wild, almost beastly. I make the New Year resolution today that I will shave every day in the New Year \x96 shaved just yesterday, no mood to shave tomorrow. Kudos to Gillette\x92s Shave or Crave movement for making me gender sensitive. I really enjoy this new status

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