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The Poker Game

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Description:“Never do what you say, never say what you do – that is 'polistics'.”The year is 1955. Elections are on in an unnamed state in South India.Komu Kurup, an illiterate politician becomes the Chief Minister thanks to booth capture and tactical manoeuvring by press reporter Shanku Pillai. Kurup and Pillai commence to play the poker game of ‘polistics’ by fraud, embezzlement and nepotism. Kurup’s family are the cheerleaders: his shrewish wife Paaru Amma, impressionable daughter Thanki and cook Maathandan who prefers to write experimental poetry. As the corrupt duo use violence to suppress the public and give in to increasingly bizarre demands of the party members, they grow too intoxicated with power to see that the game had gone out of their hands.The author Dr N.C. Nair uses this dark premise to create a light-hearted drama replete with situations that both amuse and reveal insights into human nature which are relatable even today, more than sixty years after it was first published. The play which was performed to critical and popular acclaim many times in the original has been translated for the first time into English by Dr Nair’s daughter Lakshmi Muralidharan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Poker Game. To get started finding The Poker Game, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 122

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Release: 2019

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Description: “Never do what you say, never say what you do – that is 'polistics'.”The year is 1955. Elections are on in an unnamed state in South India.Komu Kurup, an illiterate politician becomes the Chief Minister thanks to booth capture and tactical manoeuvring by press reporter Shanku Pillai. Kurup and Pillai commence to play the poker game of ‘polistics’ by fraud, embezzlement and nepotism. Kurup’s family are the cheerleaders: his shrewish wife Paaru Amma, impressionable daughter Thanki and cook Maathandan who prefers to write experimental poetry. As the corrupt duo use violence to suppress the public and give in to increasingly bizarre demands of the party members, they grow too intoxicated with power to see that the game had gone out of their hands.The author Dr N.C. Nair uses this dark premise to create a light-hearted drama replete with situations that both amuse and reveal insights into human nature which are relatable even today, more than sixty years after it was first published. The play which was performed to critical and popular acclaim many times in the original has been translated for the first time into English by Dr Nair’s daughter Lakshmi Muralidharan.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Poker Game. To get started finding The Poker Game, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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