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De coach van een voetbalteam van zaterdagamateurs wil wel eens aan het EK meedoen. Dat levert een epidemie van lachstuipen op die heel Europa aansteekt....

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Recensies: "Een feest van humor en herkenning" (Algemeen Lachblad). "In één ruk uitgelezen" (Het Blije Volk)

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Jan de Beer stond op en sloeg met zijn vuist op de tafel. Het gedonder in de lege koffiekopjes was genoeg voor Tante Truus om nog een keer met de kan rond te gaan en voor de overige aanwezigen om hun kop te houden, want anders konden ze de volgende knal van Jan op hun achterhoofd verwachten. Jan was altijd kort en duidelijk: “Als ik mag kiezen tussen de bekerfinale spelen in de Kuip of een miljoenencontract bij een Arabische sjeik, dan kies ik de finale. En als we dat niet bereiken, dan zal ik in ieder geval zeker weten dat ik er alles aan gedaan heb. Ik stem voor Paulus Lovang als trainer en ik ga akkoord met de voorwaarden.” Reinier (de Luie) had als eerste zijn woordje klaar: “En als dat betekent dat je vanaf nu geen smulrollen meer mag eten, ga je je daar dan ook echt aan houden?” Jan de Beer moest er zelf ook om lachen: “Het zijn maar zeven wedstrijden, Reinier. Voor zeven wedstrijden doe en laat ik alles wat nodig is. We hebben niet vaak zo’n kans als komend seizoen en ik wil die kans te grijpen. Ik wil één keer in mijn leven in de Kuip spelen. Dat is altijd al mijn droom geweest.” Reinier had ook een droom: “Mijn droom hee...

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Esta selección y compilación de chistes del humor político popular cubano contiene cerca de 800 chistes de los que circulan en Cuba. Los sociólogos que se han dedicado a la recopilación y estudio del humor político en el socialismo, conocen que es difícil rastrear el origen de cada uno de los chistes, ya que al tener todos esos países condiciones de escasés, represión, ineficacia y autoritarismo similares, los chistes creados en un país pasan a otros de manera clandestina y viral, mutando para adaptarse a la idiosincrasia de cada localidad en particular. Son portátiles....

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Este libro, publicado en los Estados Unidos por el autor en el exilio, y naturalmente prohibido en Cuba, constituye un monumento al espíritu indomable de algunos hombres heroicos y divertidos, que no dejarían morir la risa en Cuba, aún en medio de un adoctrinamiento interminable....

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De chinos De locos De borrachos Ciencia Del partido y sus militantes Ideología Internacionales Del Comediante en Jefe De otros digerientes En la Plaza de la Robolución Poesías y parodias Pepito Religión Economía (es decir, hambre) Te estoy vigilando Elián Miami y el exilio Huyendo del paraíso Gusanerías finales ...

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“Atmaghati Nirad Choudhuri” is a welcome answer to Nirad C. Chaudhuri's ‘Atmaghati Bangali’ and two-volume ‘Atmaghati Rabindranath’. In more than a decade since the publication of the first volume of this trilogy on the dire self-destruction of the Bengali people and their greatest poet Rabindranath Tagore, no Bengali has raised his voice against this charge - perhaps because it was framed by a Bengali who penned them in a respectable university town in England, clad in a Bengali dhoti, sitting on a Bengali mat. Radha Nag has used Nirad C. Chaudhuri's Bengali works to show that obscenities abound in them. The writer who held an honorary D.Litt. from Oxford, it seems, could not make his points without outraging the proverbial British sense of decency. Chaudhuri the author, shows Nag, had been so trapped by Chaudhuri the man that he often makes unseemly self-revelations. And it may not be improbable that he was deliberately ribald to cater to popular tastes. Nag's book is written in a delightfully ironic style and if she's sometimes hard on Chaudhuri, she has been so for the sake of truth. ...

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Nirad choudhurir lekhok sottati jeno nirod. sei nirod diya tini sorboda tnahar chondromukhke achchhadito rakhite chahiachhen. Kintu chnade kolonko thakileo chnader dike takaiya keho tahar kolonker kotha chinta kore na, jyotsnai dekhe. Ei kothati mone rakhile byakti niradke chapa dibar jonyo nirodbabu hoyto eto byasto hoiten na. Nirad shobdotir arekti ortho hoilo -nai rod jahar. Orthat jini dontoheen. Othocho Nirad choudhuri sorbodai dongshon koribar chestay totpor thakiachhen ebong sejonyo gorbou onuvob koriachhen. Emonki keho jodi tahar somalochona koren tahakeu niradbabu dongshon koribar veeti prodorshon koriachhen. Hay! Dontoheen briddher ei asfalon dekhile mayai hoy. Iha opekkha tini jodi sahityer ros chusite chahiten, taha hoile jothartho buddhi ebong rosoggotar porichoy diten......

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1. Chorer mayer boro gola 2. Gnye manena apni morol 3. Thakur ghore ke? Ami tau kola khaini 4. Moyurer palak dharon korlei kak moyur hoyna 5. Chena bamuner poite lagena 6. Chaluni bole chhuch tor pichhone keno chhneda 7. Pete khide mukhe laaj 8. Uposanhar 9. Utsaponji...

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A narrative wandering through the tribulations of working for a family-owned, privately-run French hotel and the various hurdles involved in dealing with guests. Every chapter comes alive through Fool's descriptions and illustrative narration....

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I’m a desk clerk in a small privately-owned hotel, and that’s an awkward situation for me because, fundamentally I’m an inward, and by that I mean socially inept, individual. Dealing with strangers on a daily basis is not just difficult for me—demanding an exuberance for my fellow man which I simply do not posses—it is slightly painful at times, at times embarrassing. And, because I have a very low tolerance for either idiocy or pretence, sometimes it becomes almost unbearable. It’s natural, I think, at this point for you to ask how I managed to get into this situation. I’ve gnawed on that so many times that I’ve shattered teeth in the process, but that will be explained in time. The mystery is how I remain. Why FATE should waste so much effort keeping me in this utterly hopeless, painful and senseless situation is beyond me. Clearly the gods have taken a real disliking to Henry Edward Fool....

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This book is an alternative representation of my thoughts, which have been more comprehensively presented in another of my books Writings @ Ankur Mutreja. I felt the need to publish this book separately to cater to the needs of those readers who don’t have much time to read books. This book is indeed a light reading. The book starts with the chapter entitled Satire, which, as the name suggests, comprises pointed attacks on the societal idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies, albeit mockingly. In the following chapter on Travel Locales, I have reviewed four disparate locations in India, attractive for their own unique appeals: Puducherry, Shillong, Auroville and Agartala. Next is the chapter on Movie Reviews & More. In the past few years, Hindi Cinema or Bollywood has seen many huge revenue collectors competing with the creativities – I don’t think the creativities need to compete with anybody. Only one huge revenue collector Ek Tha Tiger finds place in my list of reviews. I don’t like publishing my frustrations; therefore, if I have written a negative review, the movie must be really pathetic: Love, Sex and Dhoka. Other movies revie...

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This book presents my views on various issues ranging from contemporary events to personal philosophy. This book is, in fact, a consolidation of my views concretized on my blogs over years – which can be accessed from my website www.ankurmutreja.com – and is divided into four sections: Satire, Reviews, Opinions and Philosophy. I would recommend you to at least check out the first section entitled Satire. Then, you may move onto the Reviews section – as a natural transition from ultra-light to light – where I have reviewed Travel Locales, Books, Movies & more. If you like the Reviews section, I am sure you will also enjoy reading my Opinions, ranging from Human Rights to Economy. Last but not the least; Philosophy…do read it if you liked my other writings. Enjoy Reading! Ankur Mutreja....

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La historia de Enrico, el Matamoros, escrita de manera anónima por un tal Akbal Kan, forzado seudónimo en lengua maya de un conocido autor de letras hispanas, es, sin ningún margen de duda, la expresión literaria del descontento y la miseria que vive en conjunto el Pueblo de Honduras. En respuesta a tales desmanes, aparece esta pequeña pero divertida obra, que emplea el humor de las antiguas chanzas castellanas, aunque no su estilo, para ridiculizar, como en aquellos tiempos, a la nobleza, la Iglesia y, a los pérfidos enemigos de ese entonces, los moros, y que puede apreciarse en obras tales como “El lazarillo de Tormes”, del que a propósito tomaré la siguiente sentencia y que muestra el verdadero propósito de este librito: «Y todo va desta manera: que confesando yo no ser más santo que mis vecinos, desta nonada, que en este grosero estilo escribo, no me pesará que hayan parte y se huelguen con ello todos los que en ella algún gusto hallaren, y vean que vive un hombre con tantas fortunas, peligros y adversidades». Y como el mismo Akbal Kan pudo bien haberles recomendado: «Gócenla, que esta cosa es toda suya»....

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Don Ibrahim, que se había apartado ya de la religión de sus padres y en cambio adoptado el cristianismo, llevó a casa a un pastor evangélico, “un apóstol” que era popular por aparecer en un espacio televisivo, para que viera a su desdichada y aquejada consorte. No obstante, con las visitas del apóstol el semblante de doña Mina, en vez de mejorar, empeoraba. No eran efectivos ya las tocaduras de los “mantos sagrados de Belén”, el beber de las “aguas traídas exclusivamente del río Jordán”, como tampoco los ayunos en masa que el apóstol acostumbraba a hacer junto a su séquito de servidores. –Hay que exorcizarla –le dijo el apóstol Ardemal a don Jarach. La llevaron, pues, a la inmensa sala que daba al patio y comenzaron con el conjuro, sentándola en un sillón. Antes había pedido el santo prelado la ayuda de sus amigas más cercanas para sujetarla y evitar que levitara. Todas, y doña Genoveva fue la primera, habían llegado, salvo Dalila, que arribaría más tarde. Dio rienda suelta el pastor a su conjuro, al que, para hacer la ocasión más dramática entre aquellas tan distinguidas personalidades, añadía locuciones en hebreo: –En el nombr...

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First Part[edit] It describes the naive Parvateesam running away from home in Mogaliturru, a small town that he calls a "famous historical city" in the West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, to become a barrister.[1] The novel depicts the troubles he faced in dealing with other languages, and the naive way he behaves with people from the outside world. It ends with his reaching the shores of England. With the struggle for independence barely beginning in south India, Parvateesam decides to leave for England because of the way he is taunted by his teacher and friends; he thinks becoming a barrister is the only way to redeem himself. He runs away from home without much money. He knows no language other than Telugu (spoken in Andhra Pradesh), and believes that once he reaches Madras (the capital city of Tamil Nadu; now Chennai) he can take a ship to England. He knows nothing of the hardships of this journey. Second Part[edit] The second part begins with him reaching the shores of England. After spending a few days in London, he travels to Edinburgh in Scotland on the advice of a recent acquaintance to study at university th...

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Barrister Parvateesam part 1 Barrister Parvateesam part 2 Barrister Parvateesam part 3 Barrister Parvateesam part 4 Barrister Parvateesam part 5 Barrister Parvateesam part 6 Barrister Parvateesam part 7...