One and Three Quarters

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Book</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A STINGING COMMENTARY ON THE MORAL DECREPITUDE THAT AILS POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>dalal (n.) a middleman</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The 'dalal' acts as a catalyst. He rides pillion on the two-wheeler of a person who dreams of owning a four-wheeler. This institution of dalals has an ancient history and Langdya is living proof of its continuity.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Part social satire part fable Shrikant Bojewar's </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One and Three Quarters</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> is a stinging commentary on the moral decrepitude that ails post-Independence India and the curious workings of its sociopolitical machinery.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Author</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Shrikant Bojewar has been a journalist for thirty-two years. He has worked with leading news dailies like </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sakal</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Loksatta</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and is currently a consulting editor with </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Maharashtra Times</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. For the past twenty-three years he has been writing political satires and caricatures. He wrote columns under the pseudonym 'Done Full Ek Half' (Two Fulls and a Half) and more recently as 'Deed Damdi' (A Penny and a Half). He has written ten books which include stories for children essays on the history of cinema and fiction for adults. This novel (</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Pavane Don Payancha Manus</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>) received the prestigious Baba Padmanji award. </span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>About the Translator</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Vikrant Pande translates between English and Marathi. He has translated the works of iconic authors like Vishwas Patil Ranjit Desai N.S. Inamdar V.P. Kale Ratnakar Matkari and Milind Bokil.</span></p>