Author: Alok tomar
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 230
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143027905
Description
Based on the television series Ji Mantriji, an adaptation of the immensely popular Yes Minister books, this is a brilliantly perceptive spoof of the vagaries of Indian politics.
The third volume of Ji Mantriji describes the latest developments in the Ministry of Administrative Affairs, as Suryaprakash Singh, the Minister and Shri Rajnath Mathur, the Secretary, continue to confront each other over issues the range from the trivial to the momentous. There is, for instance, the state visit to the Gulf country of Qumran, which results in Suryaprakash's wife being gifted a priceless rosewater jar which she should hand over to the government, but is loath to let go of. There is also the plan to sell the Gwalior Cultural Centre-patronized by Amjad Ali Khan-to pay for a new cricket stadium. In between these pressing concerns, Suryaprakash discovers that arms are being smuggled out of the country to aid foreign terrorist organizations, and unearth a sixty crore defence scam that Mathursaheb had been involved in several decades ago…
The ways of the Administrative Service are as devious as ever, and much of the Minister's time is spent in trying to stop the media from publicizing compromising information, and building his own public image. His forays into various areas of public service are hilarious but effective, and by the end of this volume both he and Mathurasaheb are ready to move on to fresh adventures in the PMO, which will be chronicled in Ji Pradhanmantriji.
Based on the television series Ji Mantriji, an adaptation of the immensely popular Yes Minister books, this is a brilliantly perceptive spoof of the vagaries of Indian politics.
Contents
CHAPTER 15
Barabari Ka Mauka
CHAPTER 16
Chunauti
CHAPTER 17
Grade Murde
CHAPTER 18
Naitikta Ka Sawaal
CHAPTER 19
Kaanton Ke Sej
CHAPTER 20
Zameer Ki Awaaz
CHAPTER 21
Janata Ki Maang