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Manu Joseph’s latest novel is wicked, sarcastic and garnished with wit. In the backdrop of the present political scenario of the country, he brings out the hypocrite in all of us. Just like the quote below, one is left with a baffled expression on finishing the novel.
\n“There are faces that only an Indian can make. Like that baffled face when he is shocked by the most logical outcome of his actions. He crosses the road like a cow, and he is startled by a truck. A vehicle on the road? How? He walks across the railway track, and he finds a train hurtling towards him. A train on a railway track? He is stunned.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Review<\/h3>\n

When I received a copy of Man Joseph\u2019s latest novel in my hands, my heart sank a bit. It is only over 200 pages, much shorter than his previous two novels, The Illicit Happiness of Other People<\/em> and Serious Men <\/em><\/p>\n

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Two storylines<\/h3>\n

A man trapped in the debris of a collapsed building is mumbling something about a terrorist attack. The police who are rescuing survivors from the collapsed building are on alert and want to extract more information from him so that they can prevent the attack. In the other storyline we have Laila, \u2018who has six pairs of shoes. She is a bit hip that way<\/em>.\u2019 Laila supports a large family with her earnings and is on a journey by car with her married boss even though her mother finds it inappropriate. Both the story lines are fantastic and when they merged I was taken aback by how effortlessly they blended together. This blending of parallel storylines deserves applause. We also have the stories of the \u2018Patriarch\u2019 and Miss. Iyer (who plays pranks on liberals and exposes them) which give us a fresh perspective into the plot.<\/p>\n

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Miss Laila, Armed and Dangerous by Manu Joseph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Current political and Religious scenario<\/h3>\n

Manu Joseph serves it all in his platter \u2013 treatment (and place) of women in the country, the never ending war between conservatives and liberals, buildings collapsing because of lack of maintenance, life of extras in Bollywood, ineffectiveness of all political organisations and prejudice towards Muslims.<\/p>\n

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With the leader, Damodarji, who makes people chant DaMo DaMo (get it?), the Beard Squad, and Satya, a woman activist, who gets pranked that she won the Nobel Prize \u2013 we get a taste of many famous (infamous?) personalities of today\u2019s India.<\/p>\n

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Imprinted Indianess<\/h3>\n

All the characters are refreshingly Indian. The author uses the \u2018Indian English\u2019 version at several instances. And this might cause frowns among those who look for fine writing in books. Phrases like \u2018mom went all-Taliban\u2019, \u2018types\u2019 , \u2018something about our faces that is not very English-English\u2019, \u2018flashy girls at Bandra\u2019 are a few examples.<\/p>\n

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Sarcasm<\/h3>\n

It is a well known truth that Indians have an affinity to study science whether or not they enjoy the subject and the author justifies this fad as – \u201cLaila says poor people, like them should learn to love science because science is more equal and fair than arts. Aisha understands. The thing about science is that if you are smart no one can say you are not smart<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Manu Joseph doesn\u2019t shirk away from talking about religion – \u201cLaila thinks no woman is religious<\/em>\u2026Imagine an old man peering into your life all the time. Which woman would want that?<\/em>”
\nThe sarcasm about the political figures of the country is spot on. The book presents to us the Hindu nationalists many of whom are \u201cThe saffron men of the Sangh, who have not read Chanakya or Machiavelli but love the synopsis<\/em>\u201d as well as the socialists (\u201cIndian Marxists and their love for French wines when they wish to discuss poverty and revolution<\/em>“) who wanted to reform India but \u201cIn the end the socialists said, sorry, there has been a mistake, someone had read the wrong book.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

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About the waves of forced westernization to appear ‘cool’, we have this mantra in the book- \u00a0\u201cIf you speak English and say \u2018fuck\u2019 five times in every sentence, you become hip.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

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Out to offend everyone<\/h3>\n

I think anyone who reads this novel will be offended at some point. Manu Joseph makes fun of Arundhati Roy\u2019s dislike for Ambani\u2019s mansion, Antilla, by posing a similar question about her own house in Delhi to a malnourished woman. We see a similar response from the poverty stricken woman\u2019s mouth. Throughout the book, we get similar instances that talks about the hypocrisy of Indians and Indian religions. Miss. Iyer who asks these uncomfortable questions and digs out uncomfortable answers from the so-called liberals is an unreliable narrator. The reader is always in a dilemma about which side of the argument she is on. She seems to have a mind of her own (like most Indians). This brings out the fact that there are no strict boundaries between conservatives and liberals, and both these sides are mocked for their pretentious attitudes in the novel. Their views overlap and this depends on an individual\u2019s principles and background.<\/p>\n

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Though I enjoyed this unreliable character and the rest of the cast, there were instances where Manu Joseph asserts his own opinions in the storyline. This authorial intrusion jagged the smooth storyline and I wasn\u2019t pleased about the effect. Again, sometimes I wasn\u2019t sure which views were Miss. Iyer\u2019s and which were Joseph\u2019s personal opinions.<\/p>\n

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I loved the ambiguity in the ending and the unreliability of the the story. The reader might agree with some and disagree with some. When you close the book you get the feeling of having read a newspaper story and unsure about what \u2018might have actually happened\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Final Verdict<\/h3>\n

I liked Manu Joseph\u2019s previous novels more than his latest one. But I loved how fearless he is in writing about the current political and social scenario. While Arundhati Roy\u2019s novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness<\/em><\/a><\/span> meanders over a lot of issues of India, Manu Joseph\u2019s latest one ponders on a few important issues and delivers them with a sharp punch in a brief story. For fans of Manu Joseph, this book is different from his previous books; so dive in expecting no similarities.<\/p>\n

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I quote from the book \u201cIndia is a wound\u2026But it is not a wound like a whiplash. It is a wound like a spouse.<\/em>\u2019 Indians (including me) would laugh, raise eyebrows and even disagree with portions of this novel.<\/p>\n

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Title : Miss. Laila Armed and Dangerous
\nAuthor : Manu Joseph
\nPublisher : Fourth Estate
\nPublication: 2017
\nLanguage : English
\nPages : 216
\nRating : 4\/5<\/p>\n

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Disclaimer : Much thanks to Harper Collins India for a copy of the book. All opinions are my own.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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