During this weekend, I read this book named 'Five Point Someone' by Chetan Bhagat. It's all about "What NOT to do at IIT". The book depicts how 3 friends - Hari,Ryan and Alok messed it up@IIT.. All the 3 were doing their Mechanical Engg course. This book will not teach you how to get into IIT.
1. They screwed up their surprise quizzes and exams.
2. Ryan and Alot are always head-on with each other.
3. Hari fell in love with Neha, who is the daughter of their HOD.
4. They try to steal the semester question papers and in turn get caught red-handed.
5. They had to face a severe disciplinary action and was banned for 1 semester.
6. Alok attempts a suicide and is in hospital for a month.
7. They end up with some 5 point grades out of 10.
8. Finally, they somehow manage to finish their course on time, via some hard work in the last legs of their semester.
In total, this books also looks into the entire system of IIT. While many people are so mad about getting into IIT, I feel that IIT kills the individual spirit and creativity of the students by applying too much pressure.
It's a good book(with some non-veg here and there) to read !
2 comments:
Someone is playing with their template!!!
It need not be just IIT, coz it can happen anywhere you know:)
applying too much pressure.
- Gotto to disagree when u specify just one institute.
Parents do insist or pressure their kids right from age 3 when they start their school. Its all about too much expectations when their past is not fulfilled.
I tried both his books and couldn't progress beyond a few pages. Same is the case with DS too.
May be I should write a book on, what not to do in the school:)
A good review with the gist captured as points.
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