Five Point Someone (edit title)

Timothy Gray approved Lakshmi’s request to combine 5 books, including Five Point Someone, 1 day ago.

Lakshmi submitted a request to combine 5 books, including Five Point Someone, 1 day ago.

Shelfari edited the description of Five Point Someone 1 day ago.

• Novel set in the context of the changing Indian IIT world, funy, but also insightful concerning Indian culture and modernization. excellent reviews. soon to be made into a major movie

Timothy Gray edited the books like this book of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Added Wings of Fire
• Added Keep off the Grass

Timothy Gray edited the first sentence of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Before I really begin this book, let me first tell you what this book is not.

Timothy Gray edited the table of contents of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Acknowledgements
  Prologue

  Bare Beginnings
  Terminator
  Barefoot on Metal
  Line Drawing
  Make Notes not War
  Five-point Something
  Alok Speaks
  One Year Later
  The Mice Theory
  Cooperate to Dominate
  The Gift
  Neha Speaks
  One More Year Later
  Vodka
  Operation Pendulum
  The Longest Days of My Life 1

Timothy Gray edited the glossary of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Added a term: insti
• Added a term: cog

Timothy Gray edited the books like this book of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Added One Night at the Call Center: A Novel
• Added The 3 Mistakes of My Life

Timothy Gray edited the summary of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• The novel is set from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the period 1991 to 1995. It is about the adventures of three mechanical engineering students (and friends), Hari Kumar (the narrator), Ryan Oberoi, and Alok Gupta, who fail to cope with the grading system of the IITs. The three hostelmates - Alok, Hari and Ryan get off to a bad start in IIT - they screw up the first class quiz. And while they try to make amends, things only get worse. It takes them a while to realize: If you try and screw with the IIT system, it comes back to double screw you. Before they know it, they are at the lowest echelons of IIT society. They have a five-point-something GPA out of ten, ranking near the end of their class.

  The book is narrated in the first person by Hari, with some small passages by his friends Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by Hari's girlfriend Neha Cherian. It deals with the lives of the three friends whose elation on making it to one of the best engineering colleges in India is quickly deflated by the rigor and monotony of academic work. Most of the book deals with the numerous attempts by the trio to cope with and/or beat the system as well as Hari's fling with Neha who just happens to be the daughter of Prof. Cherian, the domineering head of the Mechanical Engineering Department.

  While the tone of the novel is humorous, it takes some dark turns every now and then, especially when it comes to the families of the main characters. Most of the action, however, takes place inside the campus as the boys, led by the ever creative Ryan, frequently lamenting how the internationally lauded IIT system has stifled their creativity by forcing them to value grades more than anything else. Uninspiring teaching and numerous assignments adds to their woes although the boys do find a sympathizer in Prof. Veera, the new fluid mechanics professor.

  source: Wikipedia

Timothy Gray edited the characters of Five Point Someone Saturday, November 7 2009.

• Edited a character: Neha CherinCherian
• Added a character: Prof. Cherian
• Added a character: Prof. Veera
• Added a character: Dean Shastri