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Ogd
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Ogd, a Messiah was born ... with her foot in her mouth.
This might be her story.
Her position of foetal gaffe allows her to eat her toenails, which nourish her and make her toenails grow so that she can eat them. Apart from the practicality of the situation, this also is the basis of her profound teachings. As the Messiah travels through many dimensions, her followers learn the importance of bells, nirvana, clean feet, Klein bottles and phonetics, among diverse other things.
Ding dong.
Following in the tradition of Lewis Carroll, Anushka Ravishankar writes nonsense, which addresses complex issues of the modern-day world with a deep and abiding meaninglessness.
This might be her story.
Her position of foetal gaffe allows her to eat her toenails, which nourish her and make her toenails grow so that she can eat them. Apart from the practicality of the situation, this also is the basis of her profound teachings. As the Messiah travels through many dimensions, her followers learn the importance of bells, nirvana, clean feet, Klein bottles and phonetics, among diverse other things.
Ding dong.
Following in the tradition of Lewis Carroll, Anushka Ravishankar writes nonsense, which addresses complex issues of the modern-day world with a deep and abiding meaninglessness.
- GenresFiction
98 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Anushka Ravishankar
111 books56 followersAnushka Ravishankar, a mathematics graduate, has made a name for herself internationally as an Indian children’s writer, with over 10 books of verse, fiction and non-fiction. Her special talent is in the area of nonsense verse, where she brilliantly adapts this difficult genre to Indian English usage, without a false note. Anushka Ravishankar can be said to have pioneered the Indian English nonsense verse form and brought it to international attention. She recently returned from a UK tour with Children’s Laureate, Michael Rosen, at the Children’s Bookshow.
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November 6, 2020
After a Nuclear Holocaust, the kingdom of Ogd sees the rise of a Messiah. A child born with her toe inside her mouth, allowing her to chew on her toe-nail. This Messiah, for the lack of opposition, is unhappy and comes up with ideas to propagate her theories, most of which is misinterpreted or blindly followed.
Ravishankar's latest is as random as it sounds. The Messiah focuses on the importance of ideas over things. There's interdimensional travel imparting greater wisdom and an audience who would rather follow the herd. Overtime we see two sections of the society fighting for their beliefs- an interpretation of the Messiah's words.
Do you see a trend? Well, I hope you do. 'Ogd' is a book that unravels slowly, the satire difficult to comprehend at the first instant. However, the randomness is totally worth it. The Messiah's ideas are an extension of today's world and its inner workings. The need for something finite and idol worship occurs in this book too. The meaninglessness with which the author addresses the issue gives the idea that bizarre issues require bizarre analogies.
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A couple of lines from the book:-
"Her PPP advocated offence, it being widely claimed that it was the best form of defence."
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"A Messiah, it is important to understand, thrives on opposition, and to love one's enemies one has to have enemies in the first place."
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"Some are born foot-in-the-mouth. Some just shove it in later."
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"Sorry, no choice, said the publisher who hadn't heard of free will."
Ravishankar's latest is as random as it sounds. The Messiah focuses on the importance of ideas over things. There's interdimensional travel imparting greater wisdom and an audience who would rather follow the herd. Overtime we see two sections of the society fighting for their beliefs- an interpretation of the Messiah's words.
Do you see a trend? Well, I hope you do. 'Ogd' is a book that unravels slowly, the satire difficult to comprehend at the first instant. However, the randomness is totally worth it. The Messiah's ideas are an extension of today's world and its inner workings. The need for something finite and idol worship occurs in this book too. The meaninglessness with which the author addresses the issue gives the idea that bizarre issues require bizarre analogies.
.
A couple of lines from the book:-
"Her PPP advocated offence, it being widely claimed that it was the best form of defence."
....
"A Messiah, it is important to understand, thrives on opposition, and to love one's enemies one has to have enemies in the first place."
....
"Some are born foot-in-the-mouth. Some just shove it in later."
....
"Sorry, no choice, said the publisher who hadn't heard of free will."
December 13, 2020
Let me first admit that I finished this book long ago and since then I was searching for words to write the review. I still don't know what I'm gonna write because I didn't really understand this book. Some things were nice and loved how the author wrote them but other things were total random which was previously mentioned on the book's cover. I was scratching my head while trying to figure out the satire. I guess I wasn't ready for such a book. I need to grow more as a reader before I can read and understand difficult books.
"Some are born foot-in-the-mouth. Some just shove it in later."
The main character, a messiah, is born with a foot in her mouth and is set to change the world with her random theories. The messiah is unhappy because no one opposes her and agrees with all her theories mindlessly. So she goes out to make the world understand her teachings more appropriately.
This book is totally random and has interdimensional travel to religion, apocalypse, and other meaningless things combined to make one random book.
It was a different book!
"Some are born foot-in-the-mouth. Some just shove it in later."
The main character, a messiah, is born with a foot in her mouth and is set to change the world with her random theories. The messiah is unhappy because no one opposes her and agrees with all her theories mindlessly. So she goes out to make the world understand her teachings more appropriately.
This book is totally random and has interdimensional travel to religion, apocalypse, and other meaningless things combined to make one random book.
It was a different book!
November 27, 2020
📌"Everything that is not true is not false."
📌"What goes up must come down."
📚 OGD by Anushka Ravishankar is ( as the subtitle rightly says-) a random, profoundly nonsensical story.It all starts when in the kingdom of Ogd there was a Nuclear holocaust. At the same time a Messiah was born in the kingdom with a foot in mouth.
📚 Ofcourse along with randomness and illustrations, I loved the sense of humour which instantly makes you tickle! The book has 98 pages and is finishable in one go! ( It took me like 1.5hrs I guess !)
📚 The book describes Messiah's idiosyncrasies, her patience to publish her book after which she heaves a spray of relief, her urge to start learning about unlearning, deciphering importance of mobius strip and many funny anecdotes about her life.
📚 I personally loved the thoughtful and humourous abbreviations author has designed in the book.
( For eg- WO- Wholy One. Messiah insisted on the W because she abhorred pithets with religious connotations
MIOMU- Messiah's Institute of modern uneducation
And there are a bunch more!)
📚 Though you'll cherish the short and humourous read , you'll be bewildered and would often find your brain working out on the satire which infact is difficult to comprehend!
🌻 I would call it a good blend of philosophy, apocalypse, interdimensional travel , poetry making it a intricately fabricated amusing story!
~ What's in a title
What's in a name
A rose called Lilly
Would still smell the same~🌷🌹
📌"What goes up must come down."
📚 OGD by Anushka Ravishankar is ( as the subtitle rightly says-) a random, profoundly nonsensical story.It all starts when in the kingdom of Ogd there was a Nuclear holocaust. At the same time a Messiah was born in the kingdom with a foot in mouth.
📚 Ofcourse along with randomness and illustrations, I loved the sense of humour which instantly makes you tickle! The book has 98 pages and is finishable in one go! ( It took me like 1.5hrs I guess !)
📚 The book describes Messiah's idiosyncrasies, her patience to publish her book after which she heaves a spray of relief, her urge to start learning about unlearning, deciphering importance of mobius strip and many funny anecdotes about her life.
📚 I personally loved the thoughtful and humourous abbreviations author has designed in the book.
( For eg- WO- Wholy One. Messiah insisted on the W because she abhorred pithets with religious connotations
MIOMU- Messiah's Institute of modern uneducation
And there are a bunch more!)
📚 Though you'll cherish the short and humourous read , you'll be bewildered and would often find your brain working out on the satire which infact is difficult to comprehend!
🌻 I would call it a good blend of philosophy, apocalypse, interdimensional travel , poetry making it a intricately fabricated amusing story!
~ What's in a title
What's in a name
A rose called Lilly
Would still smell the same~🌷🌹
November 10, 2020
📚 Ogd by Anushka Ravishankar is a book that starts off from a vague end, actually an absurd one. There’s a Messiah, with the weird ideas, born with a foot in the mouth, set to change the world. She goes out in the world to explain her whimsical ideas and theories so as to get some validation. Tell you what, her absurd words would unveil something real about our real world.
😅 I found myself scratching my head while reading this book. To be honest, I always find it tough to decipher implicit humor in things. To figure out satire is yet another struggle... lol
😌 However, this book does make you do a lot of mental gymnastics only to introduce you to how the world around us works, in general. Its random narrative and the eerie narration are there to stump you. You’ll have to decide if you can really afford to read something bizarre only to be confronted with subtle truth.
😅 I found myself scratching my head while reading this book. To be honest, I always find it tough to decipher implicit humor in things. To figure out satire is yet another struggle... lol
😌 However, this book does make you do a lot of mental gymnastics only to introduce you to how the world around us works, in general. Its random narrative and the eerie narration are there to stump you. You’ll have to decide if you can really afford to read something bizarre only to be confronted with subtle truth.
November 4, 2020
Easy and quick read. Fiction with a narration that is different that one generally comes across.
December 21, 2025
I really wanted to like this one but it just didn't click. Couple of hits here and there but overall it never got off the ground for me.
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