Tale of Two Truths A

You see donkeys cannot be depended upon to always do what is in their best interest—or can they? Dhobi-ka-Gadha like most other donkeys was born detached blissfully ignorant of the great beyond. Food his beloved Pyari and a day without a beating from the washerman were the only thoughts that filled his mind. But then along came Toti the Buddhist parrot from Sarnath and in her wake Langu the Hindu monkey from Varanasi armed with the tenets of their religions. Both had one agenda: to convert the donkey. While one promised Nirvana the other assured Moksha words that a donkey could ignore. However the promise of freedom by leapfrogging a few steps up the karmic ladder to become a human being was a carrot even Dhobi-ka-Gadha could not pass. And thus began his downfall. A brilliant satire A Tale of Two Truths resurrects the fable genre. As he demolishes the absoluteness of ritualistic religion Ashvin Desai offers a dash of clarity and wisdom with his extraordinary wit.