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Bank of Polumpur
The book is a satire on internal working of public sector bank.
It focuses on various aspects of the public sector bank such as how customers are treated in retail branches,ping-pong of work within internal departments, promotions, transfers, implementation of govt promotions such as promoting national language, loans and defaults etc. Author has highlighted on many such aspects in a very humorous manner. Any one with an account with public sector bank can correlate to the details in the book. He can understand the pain of the customer while laughing over it.
It is written by Mr Ved Mathur who retired from the post of General Manager after working for around 4 decades in Punjab National Bank.
It focuses on various aspects of the public sector bank such as how customers are treated in retail branches,ping-pong of work within internal departments, promotions, transfers, implementation of govt promotions such as promoting national language, loans and defaults etc. Author has highlighted on many such aspects in a very humorous manner. Any one with an account with public sector bank can correlate to the details in the book. He can understand the pain of the customer while laughing over it.
It is written by Mr Ved Mathur who retired from the post of General Manager after working for around 4 decades in Punjab National Bank.
293 pages, Paperback
Published June 1, 2018
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August 27, 2021
I like the way the short stories in the book are narrated, all of them seem real and not coated with creative liberty for entertainment.
Most of them were engaging and funny but not all. As the translator said, she has tried hard to maintain the essence of the satire while converting it to English from Hindi and it shows. The book failed to hold attention for long and got boring at places. I assume the original Hindi would be better.
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Most of them were engaging and funny but not all. As the translator said, she has tried hard to maintain the essence of the satire while converting it to English from Hindi and it shows. The book failed to hold attention for long and got boring at places. I assume the original Hindi would be better.
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February 16, 2021
They did a wonderful job keeping the "flavor" of the original comedy intact. Few sections are boring and routine. If you have some understanding of bureaucrat organizations are run, you don't find anything novel. It is an OK read.
May 7, 2019
Great read on psus
Excellent read on why psu banks are the way they are. Read this as a taxpayer and weep. Worth every page.
Excellent read on why psu banks are the way they are. Read this as a taxpayer and weep. Worth every page.
December 6, 2019
It is an excellently written satire on practices on psu banks. The narrative is so interesting that one cannot stop until reading the book completely.
March 19, 2020
Good to read
Hypocrite nature of most of indians underline in this book with good humor.
It is same not in banking but in any corporate, government office in India.
Hypocrite nature of most of indians underline in this book with good humor.
It is same not in banking but in any corporate, government office in India.
March 13, 2021
Banking Satire
Perhaps best in satire in banking. It feels as if we are part of story. Some of stories narrated are masterpiece in experience.
Perhaps best in satire in banking. It feels as if we are part of story. Some of stories narrated are masterpiece in experience.
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