Q & A

This section has some general Q&A about the book. There is another section with Q&A with the author. For that section, please go here

What is Five Point Someone about?
Five point Someone is about three boys in IIT who can’t cope with the system. Their poor grade point average, brands them as the underperformers of IIT society – and tests everything else they hold important – friends, love, dreams and responsibilites. How important are grades or broadly speaking, how important is success compared to other aspects of your life? Five Point Someone explores this question.

Wow, sounds heavy. Is it?
Oh No! Not at all. The primary idea of this book is to entertain the reader. The genre is humour, and it attempts to bring the reader back into their college days where money was scarce, friends were plenty and even when facing deep life issues – you were having fun.

Tell us something more about the writing style used in the book?
The writing style is extremely informal. This may be reffered to as modern English, but the idea is to write as people talk in college age. Hence, no flowery language, no tough words you dreaded in a dictation, no set rules. Yet - it works, because it is the language of real people.

How big is the book?
The final details are being worked out, but expected to be around 250 pages which is a medium sized novel. However, because of the simple language, the book reads much faster.

So the book is set in IIT?
Yes, the book is set in the IIT Delhi campus. Locations, places and venues are all very real. And the prices for paranthas are real too - though at one point in time in the past.

Can we know a bit more about the story?
Hmmm. Telling you too much will take away something. Let us just say – three guys Hari, Alok and Ryan are wingmates in the hostel and have the same department. The three of them become the best friends, but they have different personalities, and different expectations out of the future. They have a rough start, and the downward spiral of the IIT system grips them before they know it. Does that help?

Sort of. And what is the love angle in the book?
And there is one female character in the book – the beautiful Neha, daughter of Professor Cherian. Rest, when you pick up the book.