Author : Ravi Subramani
Read three novels on a trot in a week..blame it on the boring lectures or what..all in the classroom...sitting last bench...thanks to "strategy" classes in this term!!!
this one was in the list. Just got a hand over to this one from a friend. Story of two IIMians who starts their careers in a same bank and move up the ladders at a fast pace. The difference being the attitude of both guys, one being a "shareef" one and the other I-will-move-up-at-any-cost type.
Novel was decent, as usual its written in the same simple manner, the enggs/mbas write. No flowery or keep-a-dictionary-handy vocabulary. The only flaw is the write thought that the way to write a great novel is having a "scene" after every 20-25 pages else the novel won't move ahead. IT ends with the same good guy wins theme. Nevertheless, it wasa good time pass in class when I compare it to the boring lectures.
Thanks Rahul for giving me this novel!!
MY view : can be read once
PS : written by an IIM alumni!!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Joker in the Pack
Author : Ritesh Sharma and Neeraj Pahlajani
Another Engg/MBAs writing again about engg/mba life.....same old stage...but yet again a different story. Here its difficult to call it a story because there is none if you seriously wish to look for one. Its as just the tagline says "An irreverent view of the life at IIMs", just a light on the life at MBA college.
Simply reading, economically priced and thank God! a novel with less of so-called-steamy scenes. I liked the way the authors told us about the middle class mentality for school and college and how typical a nerdy guy in his school time is. Somehow I feel connected to the main character of not being placed in summers on the first ( he got one on the second day and here I am still struggling to get one is a different story altogether) and the question of getting where he wants to or lets say like a joker in the pack.
MY view : one must not read if he/she is aspiring to join an mba college but must read after being there OR one just wants to have a glance of how the mba life is.
hapy reading!!
Another Engg/MBAs writing again about engg/mba life.....same old stage...but yet again a different story. Here its difficult to call it a story because there is none if you seriously wish to look for one. Its as just the tagline says "An irreverent view of the life at IIMs", just a light on the life at MBA college.
Simply reading, economically priced and thank God! a novel with less of so-called-steamy scenes. I liked the way the authors told us about the middle class mentality for school and college and how typical a nerdy guy in his school time is. Somehow I feel connected to the main character of not being placed in summers on the first ( he got one on the second day and here I am still struggling to get one is a different story altogether) and the question of getting where he wants to or lets say like a joker in the pack.
MY view : one must not read if he/she is aspiring to join an mba college but must read after being there OR one just wants to have a glance of how the mba life is.
hapy reading!!
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