Eating His Money: Antics Of A Metaphysical Clown by Narendra Murthy
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The best way to ruin a joke is to explain it. When I picked up the book Eating His Money, by Narendra Murthy, to be sincere, I was apprehensive about it because it sets out to explain jokes and that too the stories of the most famous and influential clown ever to walk on planet earth, Mulla Nasruddin. But then I started reading it, and I realised that while jokes fall to pieces when analysed, they also serve the function of elucidating matters of a deeply complex nature in a very lucid and economic scheme. This understanding helped me to immerse myself deeply in the book thereafter.
Eating His Money: Antics Of A Metaphysical Clown by Narendra Murthy
Eating His Money: Antics Of A Metaphysical…
Eating His Money: Antics Of A Metaphysical Clown by Narendra Murthy
The best way to ruin a joke is to explain it. When I picked up the book Eating His Money, by Narendra Murthy, to be sincere, I was apprehensive about it because it sets out to explain jokes and that too the stories of the most famous and influential clown ever to walk on planet earth, Mulla Nasruddin. But then I started reading it, and I realised that while jokes fall to pieces when analysed, they also serve the function of elucidating matters of a deeply complex nature in a very lucid and economic scheme. This understanding helped me to immerse myself deeply in the book thereafter.