***ON CAMPUS NOVELS*** In India, the most famous campus novel is undoubtedly Chetan Bhagat’s ‘Five Point Someone’. It describes the heavy, rigorous schedule of IIT students. It also brings out the unchanging, archaic attitudes of the faculty. In India, even great institutions have this problem of not saying good things about others. Students are hardly encouraged to do new things. Mugging is encouraged. In between we have hilarious moments when the protagonist has an affair with the daughter of the professor. Life and psychology of students, their pranks, adventures are wonderfully described. I find Bhagat to be a natural story-teller. He communicates effortlessly. He gets across smoothly. The very fact that this book is loved by so many students proves that he has touched the aching spot somewhere.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 13:40:04 +0000
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