We've seen engineers
and executives turn into novelists of late with books such as Three
Points Someone and Asura Tale of the Valniquished, etc. Now a
bureaucrat has jumped into the writing fray with his campus novel
'The Dream Chasers' It is one of those campus novels
wherein friends indulge in fun, follies and triangular love. They
do everything like we can expect. So set for launch this September,
the novel is priced at Rs 199 and would be available at all online
and physical stores. The story goes like this.
In
Chandigarh University, six friends are working towards the coveted
MBA. But while they’re not in their classrooms, they are painting
the campus red with their exploits. Viraat, Sandy, Karan, Mallika,
Vandana and Preeto are best friends who ride together, get into
trouble together and to add to their complicity, the boys are vying
for the attention of the same girl – Mallika.
Boasted
to be a candid story about fate, love and the follies of youth with a
very visual and vivid narrative style, it is written by a
bureaucrat--Vipul Mittra, IAS, who is Principal Secretary to
the Govt of Gujarat (Tourism, Civil Aviation & Pilgrimage).
Mittra has worked on various assignments as a member of the IAS for
both State & Central Government. His previous book, The Pyramid
of Virgin Dreams, did very well in the market.
We
do not expect anything surprising from the novel, since we have seen
and read a lot of this kind. However, it remains to be seen how
differently Mittra has treated the topic, because the treatment of
the plot will only be a differentiator giving readers a valid reason
to grab the book.
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