Used Books from India - A Treasure of Humour

Humour! In used books from India. What is the connection...is what sets one wondering? Well India has been the terra firma of humorists. From the legendary Birbal, one of the seven Navratnas of Mughal Emperor Akbar’s court, Tenalirama of Raja Krishna Deva Raya’s times to contemporary Ashok Chakradhar, Surinder Sharma, Sarojini Pritam and many other of the present day tribe of humorists, the list is endless. Jokes after jokes are churned out, and compiled in books which are sold and resold as used books in the Indian book stores/ street book markets. With the competent use of telecommunication and other IT resources in India, humour has also become digitalized. Jokes and other entertaining anecdotes are buzzed on mobiles and circulated amongst friends circle. Humour is like sunshine to the human soul. It adds spice to ones spirit which is likely to get drained in routine juggles of survival. Besides books, in India the rural tone of talk often bursts the urban listeners into laughter.

Humour is the uncanny flair of certain individuals, items or situations to incite emotions of amusement and hilarity. The expression finds its origins from the ancient Greek idea of ‘humoral medicine’.  The concept understands correct blend of fluids/juices called humour to be the controllers of feelings of well being and emotional health. The sense of humour is an attribute to be able to appreciate and experience feeling of delight in certain situations, antics of an individual and objects. The content of humour which is able to evoke feeling of incitement depends upon culture, geographical location, level of education, context and maturity level of an individual. In India cartoons of the types of Tom and Jerry, Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff girls, Popeye the Sailorman, Mickey and Friends are well enjoyed upon by the kids besides others. Political cartoons, satires appeal the mature more.

Besides this there is ‘recreational drollery’ which is the non-satirical humour and is well liked by one and all. Visual humour includes watching funny moves in cartoons, comedy films, images and theatres. A good humour is one which is self-explanatory. One need not dismember a funny narration to understand and fall into laughter. A recounting in any case will loose its funny part once one is into the act of its dissection. In India, verbal humour used in programmes such as ‘Laughter Champions’ is popularized by media channels. Research in India and overseas shows a big chunk of audiences for these humour shows.

Buyselloldbooks.com as online promoters of books in India is complete with new as well as used books on humour besides the whole spectrum of subject range. Used books are displayed by owners following a simple registration on the website so as to enable interested purchaser to send personal messages. Besides used books, new books are also showcased on this online podium. Each of the books has contact details of the book store/seller in India for the customer to reach for a personalized transaction.

The core of humour is based on two factors namely the relevance and the surprise factor. This implies that the relevant context should be quite well recognizable to the audience. So when the perspective is throng to them as unusual twisted version of their expected expectations, they are taken into surprise and fall into laughter/amusement unsuspectingly.