Lalu's satire catches author's imagination

<div class="section0"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-size:="">FORBESGANJ: The book, </span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">Rajnitik Vyang, Lalujee Ke Sang</span><span style="" font-size:=""> written by Dr M L Sharma, head of the English department, Forbesganj College, though still in press, has become the talk of the town.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">When contacted Dr Sharma told TOI that he perceived satirical tinges in each and every statement of Lalu Prasad and so he has brought out the hidden meaning of those statements that, though they make the people laugh, reflect upon the deficiencies present in the very fabric of society.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">It is this aspect in Lalu''s personality that attracted the attention of the editor of "Dainik Hindustan", the Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, Lalu''s friend turned foe Nitish Kumar, cine artist Ashutosh Rana and several other eminent persons.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">Dr Sharma himself a teacher of literature and a poet as well as a journalist to boot, has gleaned nuggets from the political polemics of Lalu Prasad and interpreted them to show how piercing his statements are.Satire is a roundabout way of making remarks and what Lalu says is not easy to understand with the fullness of its meaning because he does not mean what he says. One requires to delve deeper into his speeches or statements and when one knows the meaning implied, one is left wondering and then Lalu</span><span style="" font-size:="" font-style:="" italic="">ji</span><span style="" font-size:=""> emerges as a man of distinguished personality, opined Dr Sharma.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-size:="">According to him, his book is not an eulogy rather it is an objective presentation of the real aspect of Robinhood-like personality of Lalu Yadav, whose talent has been acknowledged by a large number of great personalities of the country and abroad.</span></div> </div>