No Onions Nor GarlicAmandeep, Murugesh, Rufus And Sundar Are Bucks Who Talk Dirty For The Same Reason That They Remove The Mufflers From Their Motorcycle Exhausts It Makes Them Feel Like Men. Like Libertines. To Their Hormonal Despair, When Professor Ram Stages His Remake Of A Midsummer Night'S Dream At Their College Fest, He Casts These Four As Fairies. The Farce That Follows Gradually Takes Over The Lives Of The Rest Of The Characters In This Achingly Funny Novel About The Pratfalls That Accompany Caste Pride. On And Off The Campus Of Chennai University, You Will Encounter Onion-And-Garlic-Free Tambrahms Who Rewrite Shakespeare To Uphold The Hindu Order, Smug Nris Who Call The Shots In Matrimonials, Visiting Canadians Who Are Aghast At The Plight Of Dalits (Pronounced Daylights') And, At The Apex Of The Whole Tumbling Structure, A Bibulous Builder Who Invokes The Gods Even As He Defrauds His Clients. Tailing The Characters Around This Plot Is An Unseen But All-Seeing Spectator. You May Never Guess Who That Is, But Will Laugh All The Way To The Answer. |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 13 |
Section 3 | 16 |
Section 4 | 36 |
Section 5 | 44 |
Section 6 | 52 |
Section 7 | 65 |
Section 8 | 75 |
Section 15 | 187 |
Section 16 | 204 |
Section 17 | 211 |
Section 18 | 215 |
Section 19 | 233 |
Section 20 | 265 |
Section 21 | 268 |
Section 22 | 283 |
Section 9 | 82 |
Section 10 | 89 |
Section 11 | 107 |
Section 12 | 139 |
Section 13 | 147 |
Section 14 | 174 |
Section 23 | 294 |
Section 24 | 301 |
Section 25 | 318 |
Section 26 | 324 |
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