The bogus read by Divyamaan

"The bogus read" by Divyamaan. This book is published by Frog books in  2016 and has 289 pages. I purchased an author's signed copy. 

College students are so addicted to Hindi TV serials that they bunk the exams. Newspapers are only writing about TV shows and gossip. Ravi and five of his friends want to find out what's going on. Pakistani army has entered India. They are 10 km away from Srinagar but Indian army comes to know about it from newspapers. Army is also addicted to Saans-Bahu serials. Upon order to fire, soldiers take selfies before firing. A big conspiracy is afoot. Mr. N is the ultimate authority in India, even above PM. He decides to launch AK49, 2G and DM007.

Who is N? What is the conspiracy? Will Pakistani army reach New Delhi? What will Ravi uncover? Who wins?

The Pakistani attack culminates into fourth battle of Panipat between India and Pakistan. Indian army is rendered useless and the onus is on an army of non military personnel to fight and save India. India decides to unleash a special kind of biological warfare. The battle oscillates between advantage Pakistan and advantage India. A number of known personalities contribute. 

This book is sarcasm at its extreme. Author has used characteristics of known personalities and blown them out of proportion to create humour and support story. Sometimes it becomes so ridiculous that readers appreciate the author for the apt title of this book. Although this book is humorous, it contains deaths of thousands during the war.

When the book starts, readers are baffled.  All sorts of crazy things are happening. They don't understand where it is going. It appears as if author has lost the plot, but then it all comes together. 

'Tahir Shah live' and 'Bakraa kishto mein' come in for a special treatment. PM Modi, Defence Minister Parrikar, Army chief Suhaag, Chaotic Arnab Goswami, Arvind Kejriwal, Ashutosh, SRK, Himesh Reshmiya, Nawaz Sharif, Gen. Musharraf, Dawood etc are characters in the book but their names are spelled differently.

This book is larger in size than pocket books. The font is big. Paper quality is good. Paper colour is snow white. These physical aspects make the reading experience pleasurable. Credit to the publishers.

Book cover shows caricatures of a number of politicians and film star among catchy tag lines. It prompts readers to read about it more and explore. The book falls in the genre of 'Unreal elections ' and 'Unreal aliens '. I have posted reviews of these two books in the past. Divyamaan writes for TheUnrealtimes under moniker D- MAN. That is where the similarities come from. 

Why did I read this book? Book cover piqued interest. 

What I didn't like? Some things are over done. 

What did I like? Black sarcasm. 

If you don't use your brain, you will enjoy.