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A Nation of Idiots by Daksh Tyagi
4.0
If reading the title has left you bewildered and you ponder what exactly is Nation of Idiots? You’re in the right path of questioning that. What is Nation of Idiots? Who are they?
Let me break it done for you.
Daksh quotes “The idea within our country, a collective of heads that influences our lives for the worse. A group that forces on us their logic, their reasons and their way of life. It confuses us, and expects of us, to follow blindly. This collective I call a nation of idiots.”
An idiot maybe around you, at the railway station, restaurants and shopping malls. They maybe among your friends or family. An idiot might be in your bedroom, even if you’re alone. Strange.
The author faced difficulty in opening the first chapter. He hit the right spot by doing it with demonetization. Happened just a few years ago, the wound is still afresh. We are persistently nagging about the pink colour of 2000 rupee note, or the arrival of new 10 and 50 rupees note in the market. But what are we missing on the bigger picture? Have you questioned that?
Author with sheer sarcasm and sharpness covers all the topic, we Indians detonate in public. Cold war between India and Pakistan, dowry system, rape, sexuality, politics and religion prevailing in our society, are talked about in a span of just 200 pages. My favorite chapters remain State of Women and Sex and Sensibility. The lines after every chapter are an added bonus. The lines make you laugh your head off and you might end up using that in your life.
“2047 will be a big year for us. It will be hundred years of being ripped off by our own.”
We need more authors like Daksh, who aren’t engrossed in a fairy tale love story and actually show reality a mirror. This book is not meant to teach anything, it makes us aware of the country we’re living in. Helps see things clearly, like a pair of spectacles.
Thank you, for sending in the early reader’s copy.
Let me break it done for you.
Daksh quotes “The idea within our country, a collective of heads that influences our lives for the worse. A group that forces on us their logic, their reasons and their way of life. It confuses us, and expects of us, to follow blindly. This collective I call a nation of idiots.”
An idiot maybe around you, at the railway station, restaurants and shopping malls. They maybe among your friends or family. An idiot might be in your bedroom, even if you’re alone. Strange.
The author faced difficulty in opening the first chapter. He hit the right spot by doing it with demonetization. Happened just a few years ago, the wound is still afresh. We are persistently nagging about the pink colour of 2000 rupee note, or the arrival of new 10 and 50 rupees note in the market. But what are we missing on the bigger picture? Have you questioned that?
Author with sheer sarcasm and sharpness covers all the topic, we Indians detonate in public. Cold war between India and Pakistan, dowry system, rape, sexuality, politics and religion prevailing in our society, are talked about in a span of just 200 pages. My favorite chapters remain State of Women and Sex and Sensibility. The lines after every chapter are an added bonus. The lines make you laugh your head off and you might end up using that in your life.
“2047 will be a big year for us. It will be hundred years of being ripped off by our own.”
We need more authors like Daksh, who aren’t engrossed in a fairy tale love story and actually show reality a mirror. This book is not meant to teach anything, it makes us aware of the country we’re living in. Helps see things clearly, like a pair of spectacles.
Thank you, for sending in the early reader’s copy.