Shubham Ajay Tilekar, MBA II, SKN Sinhgad School of Business Management Pune
Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT is a 2004 novel written by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. This is Chetan Bhagat’s first book.
This novel tells the story of three IIT graduates and their lives in India’s premier technology institute. The story is about their friendship and differences, studies and happiness, career and ambition, parental pressure and peer pressure, love and sex.
This book is very good for all the people who are under a lot of stress. It is based on its true story and is very useful for all college students. It is good for every student as it shows the life of three types of students which are more common in India.
Characters in this book: Hari, Alok, Ryan are the protagonists of the novel and Neha is Hari’s girlfriend.
Hari narrates the story in the novel. He is average in studies, seems confused but he keeps all three demons together, always chooses the easy way, falls in love and also with the daughter of his department head. Ryan is the son of rich parents, is a born rebel. He hates his parents, because he feels neglected by them. Alok belongs to a typical lower Indian middle class family, he is burdened with a lot of expectations and responsibilities.
They are roommates and study in the same department at IIT. These three oddball students become close friends after their different senior sessions and support each other on every occasion during their four years at IIT, despite their personal struggles and many problems. They are far from the image of an IIT graduate and generally resemble an average middle-class youth.
After reading this book, I think the movie ‘3 Idiots’ will be based on this book. Every character in this novel is crafted with utmost care. I advise everyone to read this novel. This book is truly amazing.