ASMS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & COMPUTER STUDIES

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GROUP MEMBERS:
AFROZ AHMAD
HITEN BHADRA JYOTI BHISE SHASHANK BIJAGAR ABHISHEK CHAVAN SUJIT CHORGE ABHIJIT DEOKAR PARIN GALA NIKHIL GHUMARE ANJU GUPTA

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THEMES MAJOR CHARACTER MINOR CHARACTERS MINOR CHARACTERS PLOT MINOR CHARACTERS ABOUT AUTHOR INTRODUCTION MAJOR CHARACTERS NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

GUIDED BY: MS. NOMITA KOLNOORKAR

BOOK REVIEW ON CHETAN BHAGATS NOVEL FIVE POINT SOMEONE

What Not To Do At IIT

ABOUT THE BOOK:

The novel is set from the Indian Institute of technology, Delhi in the period 1991 to 1995.

It is about the adventures of 3 mechanical engineering students namely Hari Kumar, Ryan Oberoi & Alok Gupta who fail to cope with grading system of IIT.

A perfect ten. A book with 270 pages of pure fun.

PRAISES FOR THE BOOK:

Charming The book has struck a chord Time five point someone could achieve cult Outlook great characters & a captivating plot (Bhagat is) in a class of his own India today

a must read for both IITians & Non-IITians! Times Of India

CHETAN BHAGAT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chetan bhagat was born in 22april 1974 in New Delhi in a Punjabi family. He studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) New Delhi then studied at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad.

He fell in love with his IIM Ahmedabad classmate Anusha and they eventually got married. has two twin sons called shyam and ishaan

He Is one of the most popular novelist in India. He has written, (Bibliography)

Five Point Someone What not to do at IIT! (2004) One Night @ the Call Center (2005) The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008) 2 States: The Story of My Marriage

Awards

Society Young Achiever's award in 2004. Publishers recognition award in 2005.

Bhagat has an op-ed column in Dainik Bhaskar, a large Hindi newspaper and another at The Times of India, an English daily. In 2010, Time magazine placed Chetan Bhagat in the Time list of 100 "World's Most Influential people. The Newyork times called chetan the "the biggest selling English language novelist in India history

PLOT OF THE BOOK:

The language used by Chetan is filled with humor, sarcasm and is quite racy. Narrated by Hari One of the main characters. Language used is simpler to appeal light readers.

Begins with the story of three boys Hari, Ryan & Alok became good friends stayed together deal with personal problems Hari in love with Neha difficult love life surprise test scored less marks Deal with problems Decide to top in the college Stole the papers Caught red handed Suspended from college Attempted suicide Recovery Establish nicely Alok gets a good job and Hari joins a company in Mumbai Ryan doesnt get a job so becomes an assistant of Professor Veera.

MAJOR CHARACTERS:
1.

RYAN OBEROI:
o o o o o o o

Handsome & Athletic physique Rich Innovative & Helping Daring personality Hates muggers & Hates education system Last ranker Pass dangerous ideas to his friends

2. ALOK GUPTA:
o o o o o

Worried about the family Likes painting Fatty & Sensitive Scholar among three Opposite personality from Ryan

3. NEHA CHERIAN:
o o o o o o o

Daughter of Mr. Cherian Hates IITians Fashion designer Loves Hari Dual personality Afraid of her father Loves her brother\

4. HARI KUMAR:
o o o o o o o

Son of military men Want to be like Ryan Loves Neha Want to impress Mr. Cherian Good present of mind Lack of confidence in viva Well wisher of his friends

MINOR CHARACTERS:
1. MR. CHERIAN:
o o o o o

Head of the department Brilliant Strict Demotivating Egoistic

2.

PROF. VEERA:
o o o o o

Brilliant Welcoming Friendly Helping Stylish

3. VENKAT:

Insanely studious. Always wants to be the best in the college. Topped the college with the highest GPA. He is a bookworm.

4. BAKU:

Senior Dominate junior Mercy less Abusive person

5. SAMIR:
o o o o o

Nehas brother Doesnt want to be an IITian Not expressive Frustrated Committed suicide

6.

ALOKS MOTHER:
o o o

Biology teacher Only earning person in family Worried about family

THEMES:

EDUCATION BELIEVE IN YOURSELF DONT JUDGE PEOPLE TOO QUICKLY DONT TAKE YOURSELF TOO SERIOUSLY

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES:

It seems as if a movie is being narrated. Characters seem to be alive as it takes us into the real college life. The words used are quite bold. The conversation shown in the book is quite natural, casual and simpler. There a twist in the end of most of the situations.

NEVER RUN BEHIND SUCCESS:

Success is the byeproduct. Excellence always creates success. So, never run after the success, let it happen automatically in the life. - Hiten

FREEDOM TO LIFE

Dont die before actual death. Live every moment to the fullest as you are going to die today night. Life is gifted to humankind to live, live & live @ happiness. - Hiten

PASSION LEADS TO EXCELLENCE

When your hobby becomes your profession and passion becomes your profession. You will be able to lead up to excellence in the life. - Anju

LEARNING IS VERY SIMPLE

Teachers do fail. Learners never fail. Learning is never complicated or Learning is always possible whatever rule you apply. - Anju

PRESSURE AT HEAD

Current education system is developing pressures on students head. - Abhijit

LIFE IS EMOTION MANAGEMENT NOT INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION

NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

I dont like book because I didnt found it interesting. It is very common story. I dont like attitude of Ryan, Alok, and Harrys attitude towards the college. They were very much negative towards the college. - Jyoti

INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP

Dean of the institute in Novel is showing very typical leadership. He has his own principles, values and ideology, and he leads the whole institute accordingly. - Parin

LOVE IS TIME & SPACE FREE

Love is not time bound and space bound. It is very well demonstrated this Novel same love was demonstrated by Krishna and Meera. Love is border free, time free and space free. - Parin

IMPORTANCE OF ONE WORD IN COMMUNICATION

This is the first book/novel which I have read and I found this book very interesting and entertaining. You feel connected to the book and the characters and you never get bored at any point of time while reading the book. A perfect start for those who are least interested in reading a book/novel. Nikhil Ghumare

BALANCED SUCCESS :

Dont just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use balanced word before successful. - Shashank

DONT TAKE TENSION :

There no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. - Afroz

WE ARE TEMPORARY HERE :After going through the entire project I came to the conclusion that, this novel is very much interesting, because it mainly focus on the friendly relationship between three guys and how they tackle the situation in a best possible manner and enjoy the college life very much. Overall its good. - Abhishek

ENJOY LIFE !
Live your life the way you Like. My opinion is read this novel as it is, enjoy it, but if you are thinking this as some sort of counter culture rebel stuff, forget it, its not even close to that. - Sujit

FIVE POINTS WHY THE BOOK IS A MUST READ:

1) It is a complete entertaining session with simpler language good for light readers. 2) Ability to keep the readers engrossed into the book. 3) Has a Fantastic natural style. 4) It gives a perfect insight of the regular troubles faced by IIT students. 5) It has a great narration.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to give our sincere thanks to Ms. Nomita Kolnoorkar for providing us an opportunity for presenting this interesting and informative activity in the class. We would like seek such opportunities in the future as well.