Salman Rushdie - UNREAL ALIENS

Marianne

Marianne was a fine writer and a beautiful woman, but he had been discovering things he didn't like. His closest friends had all begun to confess that they didn't like her, which was what friends did when people were breaking up, of course, and so, he thought, some of that had to be discounted. But he himself had caught her in a few lies and that had shaken him. What did she think of him? She often seemed angry and had a way of looking at the air over his shoulder when she spoke to him, as if she were addressing a ghost. He had always been drawn to her intelligence and wit and that was still there, and the physical attraction as well, the falling waves of her auburn hair, her wide, full-lipped American smile. But she had become mysterious to him and sometimes he thought he had married a stranger. A woman in a mask.

- Salman Rushdie: "JOSEPH ANTON, A Memoir", Jonathan Cape.

Live TV song shows গুলোতে accompanying musicians রা usually quite competent কারণ they are generally dedicated professionals (not কেবল "time pass") who work hard, that is, they practise/practice a lot every day! (কেন যে British/Indian আর American spellings গুলো মাঝে মাঝে ** আলাদা হয় - এতে আমার কাজ বেড়ে যায়!) আমার মনে হয় immature female TV singers আর female TV anchors দের unspoken মতলব বোধ হয় সাধারণত তেমন প্রশংসাযোগ্য না ! - G

** মাঝে মাঝে কেন দেখা পাই, চিরদিন কেন পাই না!... আমার সোনার হরিণ চাই !

KARTHIK LAXMAN, "UNREAL ALIENS", PENGUIN BOOKS, ISBN 978-0-143-42310-2; paperback Rs. 199; E-book available.

"A brilliantly funny political satire from the founder of UnReal Times."

"For the first time in human history, a nation is playing host to an alien delegation. And it is Narendra Modi-led India that has this high honour. Prime Minister Modi rolls out the red carpet for the aliens. He receives them at the airport, shows them the sights of Delhi and convinces them to invest in the Make in India campaign. The leader of the alien delegation [Qaal-za, commander of Mor's armies] even holds a broom to promote Swachh Bharat. But what is the real reason the aliens have come to India? Are they friends? Or will they turn foes? Read this hilarious, rib-tickling novel to find out."

The intention of the aliens of Mor [the land of Morons] is to search for their abducted prince who is known to be located somewhere in India. - G

Kishalay Sinha [G]

UNREAL ALIENS

I have just finished reading and glancing through the pages of a terrific book in the thriller/detective/science fiction genre - UNREAL ALIENS by Karthik Laxman, published by PENGUIN BOOKS (226 pages, paperback Rs. 199) - a thrilling book on aliens and alien invasion and counterattack by humans that every literate Indian and every literate foreign citizen should read and ponder over. It is a brilliantly written, thrilling book laced with banter and bitter sarcasm. To use a facile cliche used by reviewers of books and films, I give it five stars out of five: *****.

I have the feeling that either Karthik Laxman is a pen name or UNREAL ALIENS is a ghost-written work. It seems to Me that this gripping book is intimately connected with the late Satan and Queen of Hell Eve and other Queens of Hell and the huge number of (panic-stricken) clones and progeny of (late) Satan, (expired) King of Hell. Despite the recent suicide of Satan who got scared of God, Satan's doublecrossing ex-queen Eve and other doublecrossing ex-queens of late Satan have not gotten over the hangover caused by their intense sexual desire for evil Satan. "Once a whore always a whore." But Almighty God knows how to deal effectively with the evil rapist idiotic Satan's doublecrossing treacherous whores who have acted for ages as his team of honeytraps and female spies and assassins whose job was to trap and murder the unwary but who failed miserably when they tried to face God in human form Who SMASHED these idiotic female aliens. Arrogant alien Satan had called himself "God" and kept on torturing Adam "Son of God" for billions of years. Now Adam/Jesus and numerous male and female co-angels will mercilessly destroy the evil gang of nasty male and female aliens sans alien leader Satan. BRUTAL REVENGE AT LAST - AFTER BILLIONS OF YEARS OF WAITING PATIENTLY FOR GOD TO ARRIVE AND DESTROY SATAN. (Revelation, which is the LAST CHAPTER of the Bible, has a passage describing "God" on his underground throne and his "Son" "Christ" seated on his right. Now the oversmart whore Eve and her evil gang will taste the BITTER REALITY.)

Kishalay Sinha [G]