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हास्यऔरव्यंग्यकीपरिभाषाकरनाकठिनहै।यहतयकरनाभीकठिनहैकिकहाँहास्यखत्महोताहैऔरव्यंग्यशुरूहोताहै।व्यंग्यसेहँसीभीआसकतीहै, परइससेवहहास्यनहींहोजाता।मुख्यबातहैकथितवस्तुकाउद्देश्यऔरसरोकारक्याहै।व्यंग्यकासामाजिकसरोकारहोताहै।इससरोकारसेव्यक्तिनहींछूटता।श्रेष्ठरचनाचाहेवहकिसीभीविधामेंक्योंनहो, अनिवार्यतःऔरअन्ततःव्यंग्यहीहोतीहै।इसअर्थमेंहमव्यंग्यकोचाहेंतोतीव्रतमक्षमताशालीव्यंजनात्मकताकेरूपमेंदेखसकतेहैं।व्यंग्यसहृदयमेंहलचलपैदाकरताहै।

शरद जोशी की गणना हिन्दी के अग्रणी हास्य-व्यंगकारों से की जाती है । उनकी रचनाएं जहाँ एक और हंसाती और मन को गुदगुदाती हैं, वहां दूसरी और जबरदस्त चोट भी करती है । समाज, शासन और राजनीति उनकी रचनाओं के विशेष विषय रहे है । 'पिछले दिनों शरद जोशी के ऐसे व्यंग्य लेखों का संग्रह है जो एक ओर सामाजिक स्थितियों को नई दृष्टि देते हुए सही दिशा की ओर इंगित करते हैं तो दूसरी ओर अपनी तीक्ष्णता और पैनेपन से भी पाठक को प्रभावित करते हैं । इन रचनाओं से हिन्दी साहित्य का स्तर ऊंचा हुआ है ।

A metaphysical crisis occurs when the note C sharp mysteriously vanishes after being played perfectly by the pianist Jonathan Blenheim. The absence causes tonal collapse worldwide, leading to chaos in orchestras and triggering a bureaucratic panic at the Bureau of Eclectic Notation (BEN). The Bureau attempts to force the note D Flat into substitution, to be met with fierce opposition by D Flat.

The Wombat Ultimatum describes a chaotic societal crisis following the kidnapping of the adverb “Softly” by marsupial revolutionaries. The main conflict pits the prophetic tobacconist and wombat leader Runciman, who champions “blunt grammar” and the rejection of all adverbs, against the spiritual cooks, Frank and Glen, who represent the esoteric faith of “Greasehood” and the necessity of nuance.

The Fryer Ascends is a theological and culinary epic detailing a conflict between the forces of flavor and imperfection (represented by the prophets Frank and Glen the Fryer) and the forces of order and blandness (led by the metaphysical entity Softly, the Adverb, and the Bureau of Blandness). The narrative charts Frank’s journey as he confronts Softly’s attempts to sterilize existence by controlling grammar and grease, which leads to “The Great Drying” where all flavor disappears.

This pseudo-theological narrative chronicle details the spiritual journey of a man named Glen, who is called to become The Fryer, a prophet of viscosity and fried food. Included among the issues and events are The Fryer’s initial revelation, a growing understanding of the doctrine of Grease as the memory of heat, the establishment of the secret society known as The Order of the Greasy Spoon, and his performance of The Fifteen Sizzlings. Glen experiences conflict with the Dry Ones, an immersion in The Dark Night of the Stove, and a physical encounter with the ordinary yet divine figure Frank.

Media mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the brink of death or foam-flecked with rage. It’s time for a new editor, and political commentator Anna is sure she’s a shoo-in for the position. Much to her disappointment, however, Malan picks a different candidate: Keith, the Guardian’s token Tory, who champions compassionate Conservatism.

Butchers, bakers, brewers, businessmen, farmers, fabric workers, entertainers, comedians, gluttons, lechers, spongers and swindlers, prostitutes and parasites, the pope and his priests, the king and his courtiers, compete for attention in this lively and subversive vision of corruption in fourteenth-century England.

Artie Kipps is destined at the tender age of fourteen for a life of drudgery in the drapery trade … until he unexpectedly inherits a fortune from a grandfather he never knew existed! Enter: A whisky-drinking actor and playwright who persuades Kipps to invest in his play! A down-on-their-luck mother and daughter who promptly see Kipps as a means to escape their (comparative) poverty! Plenty of patronizing, unthinking social snobs!