Punch Tan Tra - Parables for the 21st Century by Gautam Bhatia


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ProductID: 1488 - Paperback - 216 Pages (Year: 1998)
Penguin ~ ISBN: 0140271163

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A short History of Everything
by Gautam Bhatia

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Inspired by James Finn Garner's politically Correct Bedtime Stories, best-selling author Gautam Bhatia takes the men, women and animals of the Panchatantra and relocates them in contemporary India with its newly acquired notions of political correctness.

Yajnadatta, who leaves her husband for a woman; the expatriate dog Chitranga who flees racial persecution in the West; and a mongoose with an Oedipus complex, armed with a .45 Colt. As these characters engage with the burning issues of the day - unemployment, oppression, environmental pollution, sexual incompatibility - they lay bare the hilarious absurdities of our muddled world.

The book carries illustrations by Aditi Raychaudhury and Morals are contributed by Mohit Satyanand.

About the Author

Born in 1952, Gautam Bhatia graduated in fine arts and did his post-graduate studies in Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Bhatia is the recipient of several national and international awards for his architectural work and study.

He is the author of Laurie Baker: Life, Works, Writings; Punjabi Baroque and Other Memories of Architecture; Silent Spaces and Other Stories of Architecture; Malaria Dreams and Other Visions; Punchtantra: Parables for the 21st Century and a Short History of Everything. He lives and practices in New Delhi.

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