Book: 9/52.
Nithalle Ki Diary (Hindi) - Harishankar Parsai.
My Rating: 5/5.
This came as a laugh-out-loud surprise in my quest to read a quarter of my target books in Hindi. Harishankar Parsai is our own PG Wodehouse if I may be allowed to draw certain parallels between the two legends. Nithalle Ki Dairy was first published in 1968 but his tone, comic timing and jabs on the then Govt as well as politicians are simply out of this world. I was shocked by his name-calling as he for sure wasn’t intimidated by those names and of course, back then we were a democracy of sorts (not any more that I can bet on). May it be religion or class divide, he has his take which the reader in me couldn’t disagree with at times and loads of sarcasm, you need to read this little gem of a book to understand what I am trying to say and don’t want to spill the beans for those who plan to read it. As per him, Indian cows are different than the cows in the rest of the world and how? (their purpose of existence matters). Or how the Gods only exist in India only and not anywhere else in the world and the argument behind these was hilarious. He has his way of solving a problem, say a govt official needs to be transferred and all he has to do is stand in front of his reporting manager’s house and hurl the choicest abuses :) but if that doesn’t work, he has plenty more solutions, what happens in the end? You’ve got to read it yourself to find out.
Have you read Nithalle Ki Diary? Do let me know how you loved it and if you have a personal Harishankar Parsai favourite, do let me know as I am certainly looking forward to more from him at the earliest.
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