Looking for suggestions: Urban Fantasy

metac

Patter 20-6-2018 06:44 PM
The unreal aliens look like something special, but most reviews i've skimmed point to it being at it ...

Patter, You're right. This is a satire on Indian politics and politicians. So I guess that limits its appeal. I'll seek out some universally relevant ones too.

cynic

metac 18-6-2018 07:25 PM
Oh, well. Fair observations.  I guess I latched on to stuff completely different in Daniel Jose Ol ...

I have read Unreal Elections by the author. It was the first Indian satire book I read and although it was enjoyable, it was basically a compilation of the items at Unreal Times with some new ones thrown in.

jhsurti

cynic 21-6-2018 05:51 PM
I have read Unreal Elections by the author. It was the first Indian satire book I read and althoug ...

Indian satire reminds of these books which I found very interesting and hilarious:

1. Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla

2. English, August by Upamanyu Chatterjee

3. Mammaries of a Welfare State by Upamanyu Chatterjee

metac

Raag Darbari looks interesting. Thanks for suggesting

cynic

jhsurti 21-6-2018 07:00 PM
Indian satire reminds of these books which I found very interesting and hilarious:

1. Raag Darbar ...

I remember watching Rahul Bose's English, August years back. Will check out the others.

viksorion

jhsurti 21-6-2018 06:30 PM
Indian satire reminds of these books which I found very interesting and hilarious:

1. Raag Darbar ...

Also check Inscrutable Americans


The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur
https://www.craxme.com/forum.php ... 945&fromuid=994
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jhsurti

viksorion 24-6-2018 01:21 PM
Also check Inscrutable Americans

That was also hilarious from the wiord go! I intend to read it again.

jhsurti

cynic 22-6-2018 11:01 AM
I remember watching Rahul Bose's English, August years back. Will check out the others.

I wanted to see the movie after I read the book. But I couldn't get mya hands on it.

cynic

jhsurti 25-6-2018 12:11 PM
I wanted to see the movie after I read the book. But I couldn't get mya hands on it.

I read the prints were lost due to flooding. There is no digital copy of the movie either, although Dev Benegal is working on the restoration. Such a sorry state of affairs.