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Student life has an unforgettable charm of its own that besots you later when you are no longer a student. Dreams and aspirations, challenges and tribulations make it the most appending part of one’s life. It becomes more interesting when you are a part of an elite group in a dream institution like Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Chetan Bhagat’s debut novel “Five Point Someone” is all about three eccentric students and their tough lives in IIT, Delhi.

The novel is presented in a very hilarious and comical conversational style that narrates adventures of three engineers, Ryan Oberoi, Alok Gupta and Hari Kumar, who is the narrator of the stay.

These three are the main characters who come from different family backgrounds and yet develop bosom friendship after a heroic incident they underwent while ragging session by the seniors.

Ryan is tall, handsome and the bravest among the three. He comes from a business family and has no scarcity of money. But he hates his parents and has spent his childhood and adolescence in boarding school.

Alok has got a very poor family background. He is burdened with family responsibilities; his dream is to fetch a good job to sustain his family. Hari is the one who always felt nervous during his viva. The reason behind it, he has a disturbed family background. He falls in love with Neha, the daughter of Professor Cherian, the Head of the Mechanical Engineering department.

The funny incidents like sneaking into Neha’s bedroom to wish her birthday, Hari and Neha’s dating in a ice cream parlour and the love making between them in the absence of Cherian, has made the Chetan Bhagat’s novel “Five Point Someone” lighthearted and give one a hearty laugh.

Though serious incidents like stealing of examination papers and suicidal attempt by Alok has given very clear picture of stress and burden IITians have. Chapters like ‘Neha Speaks’ ‘Ryan Speaks’ and ‘Alok Speaks’ has given the novel emotional and realistic touch.

The novel ‘Five Point Someone’ by Chetan Bhagat has also a heart touching story about Neha’s brother Samir. He attempted suicide under the pressure due to his failure to get into IIT.

‘Five Point Someone’ has vividly highlighted loopholes and drawbacks of the system. The novel has emphasized the truth that life is not confined to grades and performance in one’s academic career. There is a life that is beyond academic grill. Life is too short and one should enjoy it to the fullest.