In 2007 . Hari Parmeshwar-poet , engineer and romantic-cracks the FMS entrance exam after four years of giving CAT,SAT,XAT,MAT,FAT-The B-School is supposed to be his ticket to the big leagues- to the high paying MNC job-where he can provide his love, Meenakshi, with all the comforts in the world, little does he realize that God has other plans. But then the world begins to end. By on act of financial terrorism, every big sounding financial name that recruited from premier B-schools either dies or gets badly wounded as the great economic recession of 2008 hits. Will Hari get a high paying job? Will Scooby get laid? Who is Bastard? How will Hari s love story end? Will Hari follow his dream, in the end?
P. Sachidanandan (born 1936), who uses the pseudonym Anand is an Indian writer. Anand writes primarily in Malayalam. He is one of the noted living intellectuals in India. His works are noted for their philosophical flavor, historical context and their humanism. Veedum Thadavum and Jaivamanushyan won the Kerala Sahithya Academy Award. Marubhoomikal Undakunnathu won the Vayalar Award. He did not accept the Yashpal Award for Aalkkootam and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Abhayarthikal.
The title of the book itself is an attention seeker. Basically, people can resonate with college days easily. This book speaks about a few character's experiences while doing their MBA in one of the prestigious business schools. The story of HP(HariParameshwar) from an IT guy who went to b-school dreaming to get a high paying job and to settle with the love of his life, and how his love failure made him follow his dream instead of taking placements seriously was quite interesting.
The characters like Scooby Dooby, Bastard are really funny and creepy. Every gang will be having such characters.
This book also took me on a ride to "Life in B-School" and introduced me to a few b-school jargons like " PPO, Summer Internships, PlaceCom, MarketingSoc, FinSoc, etc.,
If I go to b-school, among all the Socs(FinSoc, MarkSoc, ConSoc), I would love to be a member of ChillSoc i.e ChillingSociety
I'm curious to know about the "The Explosion" that happened, which is not revealed in this book.
Overall, the book is hilarious throughout. I really enjoyed reading it.
At least we're dreaming, At least we're alive, As long as we're free man, everything gonna be alright