This is IIT, where there are a total of ten people on campus, five of whom do weed, eight are usually too drunk to attend classes, and every other person has either attempted suicide or made out with his professor’s daughter. Not to forget the perpetual muggu, who covers his window panes with black paper, so as to protect himself from the gaze of 7 pointers. This is where people risk their lives, doing stunts even Batman would be proud of to get their hands on a question paper. Yes. This is IIT. Five Point Someone is probably the most factually incorrect book ever written; this guy actually praises MS Word(Open Office anyone??).
Chetan Bhagat should have been a Bollywood script writer; His books are a perfect recipe for success. There is a hero. There are his sidekicks. There is a chick. There is her evil father.There is action. There is tragedy. There is comedy(the farce that comes from IITians). And at the end, everyone lives happily ever after.
The other day I read his latest book; the one called “Two States”. All he has done is pitched Punjabis against Tam Brahms and poked fun at eccentric ways that supposedly exist among them. I read this book with no expectations whatsoever, and it turned out be a fascinating read, just to notice the amount of exaggeration in the it. What makes it popular amongst people is that there are not too many people who know about the lives and the ways of an average Punjabi as well as a Tam. They usually end up laughing at the other(you may want to read this later if you like this).
Now for some clarifications. There are 4000 people on campus. I do not do weed; hardly anyone does it here. I do not go drunk to classes. I have not tried to commit suicide since I joined. I have not made out with my Professor’s daughter yet. I do not have black paper on my window panes; I will probably end up getting close to an 8 pointer anyway. I have not tried dropping ropes from the roof in order to get into my Prof’s office at night; all their rooms are on the ground floor. MS Office sucks. And I am an IITian.
10 comments:
haha.. nice insight into chetan bhagat's books. . i've not actually found the patience to read any of his books, to find out how ridiculous it is.. but i guess i get the picture, considering 'one night at the call center' was made into a hindi movie..
Dude, I think you are missing the whole point. He is not trying to potray the real life of an IITian. why would anybody want to hear a normal story of a normal guy?? There is no fun in it. If you want to read some serious stuff, i believe there are plenty of libraries around you.
Nobody ever told that Chetan Bhagath is a booker material. Live in the movement.
what you say is true. But then it does create a wrong perception. now that it is being made into a movie too, it could get worse
It is quite absurd if an "anyway 8 pointer" comments on the lives of people who r out there to have some adventure and experiment with their life and hate ending up on the flipside.....but as far chetan bahgat's books r concerned.....he is a script writer who sold his scripts even b4 they bcame movies.....
this is exactly what i am trying to say. such things do not happen. It is just a false perception being created and people like to believe it
@goutamjaybe there are a lot of mention-worthy things that happen out here too. one could make a really good book from that too
"I have never tried to commit suicide since I joined."
And before that?
hey u r just a first year...!
and some profs' offices r on first floors..[remember kottada!?]
be patient....
who knows the end of what until it comes..[i meant some day even u might make it out with a profs' daughter]
@Midhun As far as I remember,not yet.
@Anonymous(Yeshwanth) 1.You didnt need to be anonymous. 2. I had put in the "yet" intentionally
"I have not made out with my Professor’s daughter yet."
Yet ;)
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