Book - 16

I am on a vacation and wake up at 4 am, get ready for golf, to tee off at  5:15 am and this is what I did today. Alas, on the fourth hole, rains caught us and golf had to be abandoned. I came home, sat in the veranda with music on, rains drizzling and a light cool breeze, excellent weather and my wife being away, no nagging from her side. What life;  why doesn't it happen all the time.

I picked up 'Five points someone: what not to do in IIT'. I did get up  for lunch, afternoon siesta then the movie 'Save the last dance' on HBO  (good one) and then back to the book.

 The book is a story of three mechanical engineering students, their life at IIT (Delhi), love affair with the departmental heads daughter and the death of her brother for not making it to IIT, all churned up. It is  written in simple language (a quality lacked by many) and has flow that  engulfs you. It reminded me a lot about my son and his four years at IIT Kanpur, the points that he used to make and the expectations of the parents including ours.  The story revolves around three students: Hari(the one who is writing it), Alok, and  Ryan. In these three I could see my son's friends CHATANKI in Alok; my son and his friend Avijit  together in Ryan, who thinks squash is the best game ever invented. Ryan  also says many things that my son used to say, 'Grades are nothing but  mugging power; the system has to change'.

The book has all masala for hindi film and you never know it may one day  be a movie. I will not tell you the details as you should read it.

I am sure this book will do well not because of the IIT mania that we have, or the price of the book (it moderately priced at Rs. 95) but for  the way it is written. It reminds all of us when we were students. In  these three, I can see part of myself, my other friends in others and is easy to relate with.