Well this surely turned out to be one of the shortest books I have ever read. Liked it. The style is quite similar to 1984 - and I had really loved that one.
Animal Farm is sarcastic account of how the events turned out in Russia and the delusions of a communist state. It mocks at the poor comman man for believing in the values and misinterpreting dictatorship as a communist governance.
It quite closely follows Stalin's contorl of Russia after Karl Marx's death and the ouster of Leon Trotsky on false charges.
Like the book for the potrayal of all types of charachters that are found in almost every domestic / professional set up. I think it makes a good read and I would highly recommend it.
Its funny when you think of it, but this still happens in the world. Everytime something goes wrong, doesnt our ruling party say " Iss mein virodhi paksh ka haath hai". In Pakistan, people are made to believe that all the poverty, starvationa and suffering is being inflicted by India. Its youth, with no memory of the past grow up believing the lies that is systematically taught to them.
One more thing that I could relate to is the foolish amnesia that the masses seem to have. Sallu has hired a new PR and suddenly, all the blackbucks and the aam aadmi who died on the footpath are forgotten. Same story with Sanjay Dutt... I can bet that if we were to host Olympics Kalmadi would be called in again.due to his obvious experience in holding large scale projects!
Looking forward to reading more of "Serious Fiction".
Animal Farm is sarcastic account of how the events turned out in Russia and the delusions of a communist state. It mocks at the poor comman man for believing in the values and misinterpreting dictatorship as a communist governance.
It quite closely follows Stalin's contorl of Russia after Karl Marx's death and the ouster of Leon Trotsky on false charges.
Like the book for the potrayal of all types of charachters that are found in almost every domestic / professional set up. I think it makes a good read and I would highly recommend it.
Its funny when you think of it, but this still happens in the world. Everytime something goes wrong, doesnt our ruling party say " Iss mein virodhi paksh ka haath hai". In Pakistan, people are made to believe that all the poverty, starvationa and suffering is being inflicted by India. Its youth, with no memory of the past grow up believing the lies that is systematically taught to them.
One more thing that I could relate to is the foolish amnesia that the masses seem to have. Sallu has hired a new PR and suddenly, all the blackbucks and the aam aadmi who died on the footpath are forgotten. Same story with Sanjay Dutt... I can bet that if we were to host Olympics Kalmadi would be called in again.due to his obvious experience in holding large scale projects!
Looking forward to reading more of "Serious Fiction".
poom it should be you writing my papers from now!!!!marxism and its critique(pol sci portion),you know it all!!!!keep reading such wide stuff,adds weight to your personality!
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