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I'm not twenty four...I've been nineteen for five years...
I'm not Twenty-Four is story of Saumya, Malappa & Shubhro which should have been a love triangle but wasn't. The three of them,coming from different worlds, are thrown into a fourth world called Karnataka. But it is not virgin beaches or exotic dancers that await them. They are to be welcomed by blood, riots, violent bosses and cut limbs. Will Saumya survive her job in the middle of nowhere? Will Malappa s superiority help him survive or become the cause of his downfall? Will Shubhro prove that a heart of gold can survive through marijuana smoke and beer rich blood?
First published January 1, 2010
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Sachin Garg
12 books186 followersSachin Garg is known for writing stories which not only ring a chord with the reader but also leaves him with a long lasting thought.
Described as an author worth checking out (MTV), A must read (Red FM) and a writer who will be enjoyed by all (Times of India), he continues to write stories which redefine numbers in the India Publishing Industry.
In his novel 'I'm Not Twenty Four', released in 2010, he has written an unusual story of a Delhi girl who landed in a small village in the middle of nowhere. The book received widespread commercial and critical acclaim and enjoyed prolonged stay on Bestseller lists.
Sachin is an Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and did his MBA from MDI, Gurgaon. Apart from books, he has a keen interest in strength training activities and travelling.
In 2011, he quit his day job to start his own venture in print media.
Described as an author worth checking out (MTV), A must read (Red FM) and a writer who will be enjoyed by all (Times of India), he continues to write stories which redefine numbers in the India Publishing Industry.
In his novel 'I'm Not Twenty Four', released in 2010, he has written an unusual story of a Delhi girl who landed in a small village in the middle of nowhere. The book received widespread commercial and critical acclaim and enjoyed prolonged stay on Bestseller lists.
Sachin is an Engineer from Delhi College of Engineering (DCE) and did his MBA from MDI, Gurgaon. Apart from books, he has a keen interest in strength training activities and travelling.
In 2011, he quit his day job to start his own venture in print media.
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March 20, 2014
Can you imagine a point in your life where you're finishing in top grade B-school but you are placed in "accident & casualties department" in a steel plant somewhere in remote Toranganallu instead of itz corporate for you are mistaken as a guy for your unisexual name ?!
Can you imagine your very first work is to inform someone's mother that her son, who is just 27, has expired in heart-attack ?!
Can you imagine the turmoil in you when your only best-friend/crush in your office falls into the furnace of boiling steel adding to the carbon content of steel in furnace while your duty is to weep inside and inform his death to his family ?! :|
Can you imagine a point where you are falling in love with someone who is a mere-wanderer & changes his country/identity/life-style every 90 days and disappears ?!
If not, travel with Soumiya, Mallaya & Shubro to Toranganallu Lala Steel plant and just live these moments !!!
Gripping. Explains life (as it is meant to be) in every paragraph.
Well ! Luking at the title.. don't expect a triangular luv story or a yash-chopra romantic tale as i did ! This book is seriously different ! Seriously a page-turner :)
Watta Book ! I realized that i was in page 83 only when my landline-bell rang ! I was so tangled into the story-line ! There was no logic-flaws & the story was so believable !
Here you've got no particular protagonist for all the three are given equal importance, no twist/turns & no trace of romance but still you want to finish it no matter what work you've left behind.
Soumiya - A girl by looks & man by thoughts (In many-a-pages, I found myself in her) ! You hav to be more matured to know how intense she is !
But too much drama in justifying Shubro's character ( This guy is that wanderer who never lives in a country for more than 30 days but falls for Sowmiya by destiny) :P !
Practical, sensible & appreciable work from Sachin for he portrays human emotions as they're meant to be !
P.S. A must read for bookworms ! If this is not a national best-seller, it means that whole nation has gone nuts !
Can you imagine your very first work is to inform someone's mother that her son, who is just 27, has expired in heart-attack ?!
Can you imagine the turmoil in you when your only best-friend/crush in your office falls into the furnace of boiling steel adding to the carbon content of steel in furnace while your duty is to weep inside and inform his death to his family ?! :|
Can you imagine a point where you are falling in love with someone who is a mere-wanderer & changes his country/identity/life-style every 90 days and disappears ?!
If not, travel with Soumiya, Mallaya & Shubro to Toranganallu Lala Steel plant and just live these moments !!!
Gripping. Explains life (as it is meant to be) in every paragraph.
Well ! Luking at the title.. don't expect a triangular luv story or a yash-chopra romantic tale as i did ! This book is seriously different ! Seriously a page-turner :)
Watta Book ! I realized that i was in page 83 only when my landline-bell rang ! I was so tangled into the story-line ! There was no logic-flaws & the story was so believable !
Here you've got no particular protagonist for all the three are given equal importance, no twist/turns & no trace of romance but still you want to finish it no matter what work you've left behind.
Soumiya - A girl by looks & man by thoughts (In many-a-pages, I found myself in her) ! You hav to be more matured to know how intense she is !
But too much drama in justifying Shubro's character ( This guy is that wanderer who never lives in a country for more than 30 days but falls for Sowmiya by destiny) :P !
Practical, sensible & appreciable work from Sachin for he portrays human emotions as they're meant to be !
P.S. A must read for bookworms ! If this is not a national best-seller, it means that whole nation has gone nuts !
August 14, 2012
By Sachin Garg. Grade: B+
A much talked about bestseller or a famous writer’s work often forms the starting point of reading fiction for many. I am no exception. But as you go along as a reader, you realize that a likable book need not be a bestseller always. And vice-versa.
True to that, my criterion to choose books changed at certain point of time and I started exploring wider ranges of books. Keeping consistent with that, I decided to read new Indian authors. And Sachin and Durjoy Datta are some of the most famous new Indian writers.
More than anything, the title lured me and the rest is as below.
‘I’m not twenty four.. I’ve been nineteen for five years’ is a National Bestseller which has received wide spread acclaim because of its unique distinction that author Sachin Garg has written it from a girl’s perspective. And also for the originality of the story, set in a unique back drop of a village in the middle of nowhere.
The book explores what all Saumya goes through when she is thrown from a college in Delhi to a remote village in Northern Karnataka.
Saumya is a regular Delhi girl, but because her name Saumya, is a unisexual name, her company messes up her papers and she ends up finding herself in a small village.
Here, Saumya meets a very interesting spectrum of people like Mallapa, the son of the soil, who seems to know way too much for his own good.
And Shubhro, who is intrigue personified, to say the least.
So how will Saumya struggle through all the changes and challenges rolled into a very small duration? Will it be virgin beaches, exotic dancers or colourful festivals waiting for her? Or will it be blood, violent bosses, cut limbs and riots?
As you can see, the author was cleared the air of any big expectation/impression that one might get after reading the title. I personally found it wise and smart to set right expectations about the book. As forewarned by the author, I was able to feel that the story and the events that unfold are not something that you come across in day to day life. Yeah, in a way the plot and theories of the book are larger than life kind.
Saumya Kapoor loves her shopping malls, coffee shops and short skirts. Until life throws her into a small village in northern Karnataka. When a regular job turns into a nightmare Saumya could hardly have imagined, she meets violent bosses, riots and machines which cut limbs of people. Now she has to decide. Should she stay or should she run?
She is a girl who is always mistaken to be a guy (which would give her enough problems in the subsequent events) due to her unisexual name. She is a MBA graduate who is in her final years attending campus interview. She gets a job in Lala steel along with Amit who applies buckets of oil on his head and can never be a good company even in the most unfriendly land. After bidding adieu to the academic life that she was never particularly interested in, she spends her days blissfully with her friend Vartika shopping in all possible malls in Delhi.
Naturally, you can imaging the shock she must have got when she read her offer letter. It says she has been assigned to a location in far off northern Karnataka village called Tornagallu.
She lands in Tornagallu with her classmate Amit leaving back her close friends, the city and the serenity of home. There she meets Malappa, a local who joins the company along with her and Amit. She is deployed to the safety department where she has to see through the cruelest of accidents/incidents that happen. Again the evident misinterpretation as a result of her unisexual name takes the honors in messing up things for her.
She meets Shubro who lives on beer and weed and has a Move-on-Theory that beckons him to not stay for more than 30 days in the same place. She – you guessed it – falls for him. And as if that was not enough, later in the story, Malappa is killed brutally as a result of a tussle with his boss. Fed up, Saumya resigns her job and starts her notice period of 90 days. In the meantime, Shubro enters her life and decides to stay in Tornagallu for the next ninety days. What happens in those three months and who really is Shubro forms the rest of the story.
The author deserves appreciation for the plot and the setting. The style of writing is commendable given the fact that the story is written in a girl’s viewpoint by a guy. The effort taken to portray the girl’s perspective of world is quite visible. Saumya’s character is well made, maybe even a little over the top (which was fun to read, really). Her craze for stilettos and her constant concern with maintaining a good figure are well captured. Asish Roa comes across as a boss that one can get only in dreams.
Before I started the novel, my expectations were sky high. The plot lived to it. The writing didn’t…in places. The author gave a lot of things, but not what I wanted the most. I was interested in seeing how Saumya transforms and how a hero is made out of her but in the end someone totally unexpected hogs the limelight. To each his own, I suppose.
It is understandable that the story is larger-than-life kind but yet how Malappa dies was bit over the top even for fiction. Also the theories associated with Shubro made me feel like I was reading science-fiction.
The third thing I didn’t like was the editing. Why do authors so often undermine a good editor’s importance? It makes or breaks a book for me. Please, Mr Sachin, handle this cautiously or you may lose out on a lot of readers. Even the page quality was mediocre.
Overall, I am not Twenty Four is worth giving a try for some light entertainment. It may not leave some lasting impact but has its own charm.
—Reviewed by Vishnu—
Originally reviewed at : www.the-vault.co.cc
A much talked about bestseller or a famous writer’s work often forms the starting point of reading fiction for many. I am no exception. But as you go along as a reader, you realize that a likable book need not be a bestseller always. And vice-versa.
True to that, my criterion to choose books changed at certain point of time and I started exploring wider ranges of books. Keeping consistent with that, I decided to read new Indian authors. And Sachin and Durjoy Datta are some of the most famous new Indian writers.
More than anything, the title lured me and the rest is as below.
‘I’m not twenty four.. I’ve been nineteen for five years’ is a National Bestseller which has received wide spread acclaim because of its unique distinction that author Sachin Garg has written it from a girl’s perspective. And also for the originality of the story, set in a unique back drop of a village in the middle of nowhere.
The book explores what all Saumya goes through when she is thrown from a college in Delhi to a remote village in Northern Karnataka.
Saumya is a regular Delhi girl, but because her name Saumya, is a unisexual name, her company messes up her papers and she ends up finding herself in a small village.
Here, Saumya meets a very interesting spectrum of people like Mallapa, the son of the soil, who seems to know way too much for his own good.
And Shubhro, who is intrigue personified, to say the least.
So how will Saumya struggle through all the changes and challenges rolled into a very small duration? Will it be virgin beaches, exotic dancers or colourful festivals waiting for her? Or will it be blood, violent bosses, cut limbs and riots?
As you can see, the author was cleared the air of any big expectation/impression that one might get after reading the title. I personally found it wise and smart to set right expectations about the book. As forewarned by the author, I was able to feel that the story and the events that unfold are not something that you come across in day to day life. Yeah, in a way the plot and theories of the book are larger than life kind.
Saumya Kapoor loves her shopping malls, coffee shops and short skirts. Until life throws her into a small village in northern Karnataka. When a regular job turns into a nightmare Saumya could hardly have imagined, she meets violent bosses, riots and machines which cut limbs of people. Now she has to decide. Should she stay or should she run?
She is a girl who is always mistaken to be a guy (which would give her enough problems in the subsequent events) due to her unisexual name. She is a MBA graduate who is in her final years attending campus interview. She gets a job in Lala steel along with Amit who applies buckets of oil on his head and can never be a good company even in the most unfriendly land. After bidding adieu to the academic life that she was never particularly interested in, she spends her days blissfully with her friend Vartika shopping in all possible malls in Delhi.
Naturally, you can imaging the shock she must have got when she read her offer letter. It says she has been assigned to a location in far off northern Karnataka village called Tornagallu.
She lands in Tornagallu with her classmate Amit leaving back her close friends, the city and the serenity of home. There she meets Malappa, a local who joins the company along with her and Amit. She is deployed to the safety department where she has to see through the cruelest of accidents/incidents that happen. Again the evident misinterpretation as a result of her unisexual name takes the honors in messing up things for her.
She meets Shubro who lives on beer and weed and has a Move-on-Theory that beckons him to not stay for more than 30 days in the same place. She – you guessed it – falls for him. And as if that was not enough, later in the story, Malappa is killed brutally as a result of a tussle with his boss. Fed up, Saumya resigns her job and starts her notice period of 90 days. In the meantime, Shubro enters her life and decides to stay in Tornagallu for the next ninety days. What happens in those three months and who really is Shubro forms the rest of the story.
The author deserves appreciation for the plot and the setting. The style of writing is commendable given the fact that the story is written in a girl’s viewpoint by a guy. The effort taken to portray the girl’s perspective of world is quite visible. Saumya’s character is well made, maybe even a little over the top (which was fun to read, really). Her craze for stilettos and her constant concern with maintaining a good figure are well captured. Asish Roa comes across as a boss that one can get only in dreams.
Before I started the novel, my expectations were sky high. The plot lived to it. The writing didn’t…in places. The author gave a lot of things, but not what I wanted the most. I was interested in seeing how Saumya transforms and how a hero is made out of her but in the end someone totally unexpected hogs the limelight. To each his own, I suppose.
It is understandable that the story is larger-than-life kind but yet how Malappa dies was bit over the top even for fiction. Also the theories associated with Shubro made me feel like I was reading science-fiction.
The third thing I didn’t like was the editing. Why do authors so often undermine a good editor’s importance? It makes or breaks a book for me. Please, Mr Sachin, handle this cautiously or you may lose out on a lot of readers. Even the page quality was mediocre.
Overall, I am not Twenty Four is worth giving a try for some light entertainment. It may not leave some lasting impact but has its own charm.
—Reviewed by Vishnu—
Originally reviewed at : www.the-vault.co.cc
July 15, 2020
It was such a fun read specially at the start and I am in love with the character Saumya, she seems so realistic. However when I finished half the book it was about the guy and less about Saumya. Somehow I felt that title name doesn't do justice to actual story. Also end could have been better. Otherwise it deserved a 5 star. After long time I indulged into a light read.
October 9, 2012
Saumya…
A unisexual name…
This is the basis of Sachin Garg’s “I am not twenty four… I’ve been nineteen for six years”
I really loved the plot. I was able to relate to the dilemma of the protagonist. After all, my name is also unisexual – Satya! I have seen surprised faces when they come to know that Satya is a girl… And not a boy!
Saumya is a MBA fresher who is placed in a dream job. She feels excited and shops relentlessly. As soon as she lands on her first job, she and her colleagues as well realizes that the profile is designed to suit a man! Her job drains her emotionally.
She decides to quit the job. Yet she feels bad to admit her failure. The dilemma of her mindset is beautifully captured by the author.
The story takes a ‘U’ turn on the introduction of Shubro. He is portrayed as a hippie who is least bothered about life and relationships. He sleeps with beautiful ladies…. Stays at exotic places… But only for a tenure of 90days!!!
Saumya gets swayed off her feet by his looks… And hey! Mere looks… This aspect takes her from a twenty four years old lady to a nineteen years old girl!
The story moves rather slowly. You start understanding characters. You realize that Saumya represents today’s breed of girls – a girl by looks; but a man by thoughts!! And Shubro comes out as a playboy interested in doing social work.
Towards the end, all the characters become stark white, all the grey patches in Shubro’s character is erased. And all ends well!!
But wait…
I loved the book as it took off. I wanted to read more about how Saumya would handle the difficult situations. I wanted to know how she would face difficulties and come out successfully. I wanted her to be the Gen-Next kind of a girl. But, she was as confused as any other girl would be. She was scared. Yet she was determined though she was unsure of what the determination was about. I loved Saumya in short!
However, as the story progressed, the focus shifted from Saumya to Shubro… The author was struggling to justify Shubro. More drama was added in the name of flashback.
In short… I loved the book because:
a male author has beautifully captured a female’s mindset and has done a commendable job.
His narrative is crisp and gripping.
I hated because:
I did not understand why all the people we meet should be very good? They can be bad also right? The justification of Shubro’s character was too much of drama.
The story moved away from the plot towards end. Saumya became yet another girl who is ready to sacrifice her goals and ambitions for the man of her dreams. On the other hand, the man just follows his dreams.
The book could have been better….
A unisexual name…
This is the basis of Sachin Garg’s “I am not twenty four… I’ve been nineteen for six years”
I really loved the plot. I was able to relate to the dilemma of the protagonist. After all, my name is also unisexual – Satya! I have seen surprised faces when they come to know that Satya is a girl… And not a boy!
Saumya is a MBA fresher who is placed in a dream job. She feels excited and shops relentlessly. As soon as she lands on her first job, she and her colleagues as well realizes that the profile is designed to suit a man! Her job drains her emotionally.
She decides to quit the job. Yet she feels bad to admit her failure. The dilemma of her mindset is beautifully captured by the author.
The story takes a ‘U’ turn on the introduction of Shubro. He is portrayed as a hippie who is least bothered about life and relationships. He sleeps with beautiful ladies…. Stays at exotic places… But only for a tenure of 90days!!!
Saumya gets swayed off her feet by his looks… And hey! Mere looks… This aspect takes her from a twenty four years old lady to a nineteen years old girl!
The story moves rather slowly. You start understanding characters. You realize that Saumya represents today’s breed of girls – a girl by looks; but a man by thoughts!! And Shubro comes out as a playboy interested in doing social work.
Towards the end, all the characters become stark white, all the grey patches in Shubro’s character is erased. And all ends well!!
But wait…
I loved the book as it took off. I wanted to read more about how Saumya would handle the difficult situations. I wanted to know how she would face difficulties and come out successfully. I wanted her to be the Gen-Next kind of a girl. But, she was as confused as any other girl would be. She was scared. Yet she was determined though she was unsure of what the determination was about. I loved Saumya in short!
However, as the story progressed, the focus shifted from Saumya to Shubro… The author was struggling to justify Shubro. More drama was added in the name of flashback.
In short… I loved the book because:
a male author has beautifully captured a female’s mindset and has done a commendable job.
His narrative is crisp and gripping.
I hated because:
I did not understand why all the people we meet should be very good? They can be bad also right? The justification of Shubro’s character was too much of drama.
The story moved away from the plot towards end. Saumya became yet another girl who is ready to sacrifice her goals and ambitions for the man of her dreams. On the other hand, the man just follows his dreams.
The book could have been better….
September 7, 2011
It is easy to say "hi" to everyone who you meet but to say "bye" to the person(s) you love is the one of the most difficult things to do. This is what one of the characters in the book says and rightly so.
This book has got gears but mostly tortoise-paced.The book slowly begins with the first gear describing about the city girl Saumya and how she gets posted to a steel plant in Toranagullu where she tries to get accustomed .On a trip to Hampi she gets beguiled by a hippie-cum-marijuana addict who had been travelling for three years to every possible place sticking his bottom for three months at every halt to do "something". A hippie only until she realizes towards the end that this man has got to do "something". "Something" that the maverick cleverly disguises as the least meaningless thing to do to everybody.And as envisaged their falling in love seems commonplace to me at least.
Half way through I felt like giving it up but some part of me just managed to push me through a few pages and then there was no stopping until the last page.This book is neither fast paced nor it has the witty characters but it has the plot right in the last part which makes up for the initial interminable part and kudos to the writer as he managed to pen down that intriguing part at last.
The author manages to push the NITRO button despite the lazy start.And this should be considered as a compliment.
Nevertheless those who have patience or want to try out their-patience-test can give it a read and others can chuck it away.
This book has got gears but mostly tortoise-paced.The book slowly begins with the first gear describing about the city girl Saumya and how she gets posted to a steel plant in Toranagullu where she tries to get accustomed .On a trip to Hampi she gets beguiled by a hippie-cum-marijuana addict who had been travelling for three years to every possible place sticking his bottom for three months at every halt to do "something". A hippie only until she realizes towards the end that this man has got to do "something". "Something" that the maverick cleverly disguises as the least meaningless thing to do to everybody.And as envisaged their falling in love seems commonplace to me at least.
Half way through I felt like giving it up but some part of me just managed to push me through a few pages and then there was no stopping until the last page.This book is neither fast paced nor it has the witty characters but it has the plot right in the last part which makes up for the initial interminable part and kudos to the writer as he managed to pen down that intriguing part at last.
The author manages to push the NITRO button despite the lazy start.And this should be considered as a compliment.
Nevertheless those who have patience or want to try out their-patience-test can give it a read and others can chuck it away.
June 24, 2012
First half is not that lucrative. I had my personal dragging towards the blogger part of the story.Even though the size of the book is mediocre, it can be done in a single sitting with a matter of 4 hours for an avid reader. Definitely it will be a good pick for train journeys. Giving 3 rating only for the blogger part of the story. To my opinion I think the author have to increase his story telling skills as I personally feel that the emotions were not well put in words. It's so obvious that the author was so concentrated with the story line. I would have felt much satisfied if the language is little bit improved with much more story telling skills.
June 29, 2012
3.5 stars
When i first stated with this book i dint like it much. I had different thoughts about this book in mind , I cannot say it was a very good story but i must say writer made every effort to make it interesting.
I must say first half was very horrifying when she was working in safety department and i was almost into the thoughts about should i read this book or not. i never imagined so much violence but after that story took a new turn . It dint go the way i predicted. It was easy going novel but I felt some thing was missing in the ending.
When i first stated with this book i dint like it much. I had different thoughts about this book in mind , I cannot say it was a very good story but i must say writer made every effort to make it interesting.
I must say first half was very horrifying when she was working in safety department and i was almost into the thoughts about should i read this book or not. i never imagined so much violence but after that story took a new turn . It dint go the way i predicted. It was easy going novel but I felt some thing was missing in the ending.
September 23, 2012
A simple love story with a strong social message.
A good read indeed.
A good read indeed.
August 19, 2020
Bought it for the catchy title- realised it was just another Chetan Bhagat-like book.
April 20, 2021
Brooding whether her ends lies in the hands of boring and so hype Malappa or whether Soumyawill keeps with the visionary bliss that Shubhro with his Marijuana and beer has to offer? But will he be contributing all this to an up-town girl who by fortune finds herself in a remote nook of Karnataka? Never a possible love triangle! For, you don’t wear tracksuits and plan to jog around a place where society is still trying to understand the growing industrial complex in their docile countryside; neither do you pack your daggers on the days of initiation. A name blame game that lands the protagonist in a steel plant of Toranagullu, and makes her live on with companies of men like ambitious and shrewd Malappa-a man of the world, an unimpressive batch mate Amit and her globe-trotting potential beau Shubhro.
“I am not 24 I've been nineteen for five years!” is written to find answers to what exactly lies at the end of City bred unisex name tag holder Soumya.Though I could not find a reason as to why he needed to use up many pages into detailing Soumya’s shopaholic bouts. She seems a cut out of Aisha aka Sonam Kapoor trying to tickle the male ego with tantalizing inners! She seems like Rithik Roshan’s clueless Lakysa boy, yet an MDI graduate. Conceivably the best character brew served at my reading palate so far! Ambushed in tight boring shirts andpants-she has to slog her way to keep her ideals way above the handful of others. She has to fall for a nerdy man who never stops at a place for more than 90 days. And last, of all, we find her skirting back to her roots a fresh woman seasoned by the spices of the world- browsing over blog posts of her love interest with a pinch of salt.
There has been a trend for men to drop the hat and seize the pen and pour the red hearts’ content on paper. Sachin saves me from them, at least for a while. Still, to wear a girl’s heart is a tougher task, just like it is for a girl to wear hefty armors and face some 20 odd waving legionnaires. The story has its peak points and perilous trenches- a quick read indeed.
@gargsachin
I liked the book and I will advise you guys to read it
“I am not 24 I've been nineteen for five years!” is written to find answers to what exactly lies at the end of City bred unisex name tag holder Soumya.Though I could not find a reason as to why he needed to use up many pages into detailing Soumya’s shopaholic bouts. She seems a cut out of Aisha aka Sonam Kapoor trying to tickle the male ego with tantalizing inners! She seems like Rithik Roshan’s clueless Lakysa boy, yet an MDI graduate. Conceivably the best character brew served at my reading palate so far! Ambushed in tight boring shirts andpants-she has to slog her way to keep her ideals way above the handful of others. She has to fall for a nerdy man who never stops at a place for more than 90 days. And last, of all, we find her skirting back to her roots a fresh woman seasoned by the spices of the world- browsing over blog posts of her love interest with a pinch of salt.
There has been a trend for men to drop the hat and seize the pen and pour the red hearts’ content on paper. Sachin saves me from them, at least for a while. Still, to wear a girl’s heart is a tougher task, just like it is for a girl to wear hefty armors and face some 20 odd waving legionnaires. The story has its peak points and perilous trenches- a quick read indeed.
@gargsachin
I liked the book and I will advise you guys to read it
November 15, 2021
This is such an unusual story i came across where the story revolves around Saumya , confused is he a boy or a girl well so many people get confused with this name as a boy but she is a girl , smart, bold, beautiful ❤️ and hailing from Delhi, daughter of an IAS officer....
Her story starts with a campus selection in her B school where she got selected as an Assistant Manager in Lala steel alongwith Amit her classmate, who is sabby, fat ,weird and boring.....
She was posted in Toranagallu, a village in Karnataka which is 400 kms from the city where the steel plant is situated....she was disturbed 😧 disappointed ☹️ and upset but choose to join.......she was posted in safety management department ...to much of her expectation that was no less than an horror movie where she encountered people dying of accidents everyday in the plant.....she couldn't sleep those nights and was really scared...
Saumya met Shubro, tall ,dusky and handsome who smells like weed and looks like hippie who is on "move on theory" 🤣 who doesn't stick to one place for more than 3months....but Saumya fell for her.....
Saumya came back to her township without saying anything to Shubro and started working but she was very much disturbed with her job she has panic attacks and sleepless nights 😂, she went to Malappa , a colleague to seek help but something really tragic happened which will make your heart 💜 sink....
What happened to Malappa , Saumya, Amit and Shubro.....the story unfolds quite interestingly.... The story has romance , flirt and horror .....to know more about do grab this book.....
You will get the overview of what happens in a steel plant and the village near to the place...why people are reluctant to these kind of developments....what the plant do to compensate and what the families pay.....its really not easy....
Her story starts with a campus selection in her B school where she got selected as an Assistant Manager in Lala steel alongwith Amit her classmate, who is sabby, fat ,weird and boring.....
She was posted in Toranagallu, a village in Karnataka which is 400 kms from the city where the steel plant is situated....she was disturbed 😧 disappointed ☹️ and upset but choose to join.......she was posted in safety management department ...to much of her expectation that was no less than an horror movie where she encountered people dying of accidents everyday in the plant.....she couldn't sleep those nights and was really scared...
Saumya met Shubro, tall ,dusky and handsome who smells like weed and looks like hippie who is on "move on theory" 🤣 who doesn't stick to one place for more than 3months....but Saumya fell for her.....
Saumya came back to her township without saying anything to Shubro and started working but she was very much disturbed with her job she has panic attacks and sleepless nights 😂, she went to Malappa , a colleague to seek help but something really tragic happened which will make your heart 💜 sink....
What happened to Malappa , Saumya, Amit and Shubro.....the story unfolds quite interestingly.... The story has romance , flirt and horror .....to know more about do grab this book.....
You will get the overview of what happens in a steel plant and the village near to the place...why people are reluctant to these kind of developments....what the plant do to compensate and what the families pay.....its really not easy....
June 14, 2017
SPOILERS ALERT
My first impression of this story was not good. I was bored to read about Saumya's everyday rant. I hated how she was was so materialistic. But from the Mango Tree incident where she met Shubdro it was a total page turner.
I couldn't believe how things turn out after Saumya's job was revealed. I mean how could people die like that!
Malappa's death was hard to digest. On one of the page, I was looking forward to how Malappa and Saumya's relation would turn out to be. And the next page he suddenly ceased to exist. I thought about how abrupt one's life could end without so much of hints or closure but then I recalled its a story based on real life incident. And in realty everything's happens abruptly and most of the time without closure.
Unraveling the mysterious Shubdro was the best thing. pages after pages I too was turning into a typical schoolgirl with a big crush.
I thought the ending was right where I wanted it to end but it didn't gave me much closure.
So all in all I think this book was a great read. It will end abruptly without much closure so savour every moment.
My first impression of this story was not good. I was bored to read about Saumya's everyday rant. I hated how she was was so materialistic. But from the Mango Tree incident where she met Shubdro it was a total page turner.
I couldn't believe how things turn out after Saumya's job was revealed. I mean how could people die like that!
Malappa's death was hard to digest. On one of the page, I was looking forward to how Malappa and Saumya's relation would turn out to be. And the next page he suddenly ceased to exist. I thought about how abrupt one's life could end without so much of hints or closure but then I recalled its a story based on real life incident. And in realty everything's happens abruptly and most of the time without closure.
Unraveling the mysterious Shubdro was the best thing. pages after pages I too was turning into a typical schoolgirl with a big crush.
I thought the ending was right where I wanted it to end but it didn't gave me much closure.
So all in all I think this book was a great read. It will end abruptly without much closure so savour every moment.
August 3, 2017
Among the new breed of Indian authors the man who stood out was Chetan Bhagat going by his impeccable & original style of writing. But his last two books "Half Girlfriend" & "One Indian Girl" made me wonder whether this was the person whom I placed on the pedestal of remarkable Indian authors whose books we adored. Then fed up of the stale writing he had started delivering I started looking elsewhere & discovered Sachin Garg. I read two of his books "Never let me go" & "I am not twenty four.. I've been nineteen for five years". I was blown off because Sachin is like a breath of fresh air to Indian fiction. He narrates stories in his own style where a supposedly romantic story takes an unexpected twist into a dramatic one or vice-versa. His narrations will appeal to people of all ages & varied expectations. He is definitely an author to have in your collection.
December 15, 2020
Got it from the airport in India, don’t know if it made it internationally as it has a few grammatical mistakes ... the second half of the book is amazing and has a message to deliver however the first half of the book is teenage nonsense > if it wasn’t for the habit of finishing what I start then I would have chucked it out from the first few chapters
August 6, 2018
The story is beautiful and language as well as the narration is remarkable however the instances of the story didn't feel relatable and that's when I am a huge fiction fan. A must read for light readers and beginners.
April 23, 2023
It is actually a great read. Saumya narrates her story in a way that you will feel all the emotions like you will smile and then you will feel bad for her then suddenly you feel pain that she is going through. The book has all the emotions in it.
May 19, 2017
awesome
January 11, 2019
Perfect read to lift your mood. Anyone will enjoy reading this.
July 13, 2019
Worth it to read the intro to Subhro
March 4, 2022
Writing is engaging. Relevance of title and storyline not clear
November 12, 2023
My first ever novel.
Since I come from the same place in Karnataka portrayed in the story, I have a special connection with this book.
It was a good read. I'd recommend this to beginners
Since I come from the same place in Karnataka portrayed in the story, I have a special connection with this book.
It was a good read. I'd recommend this to beginners
March 26, 2025
Great Book!
May 12, 2025
I was not much into romance but this boom made me read more romantic novels.
October 8, 2012
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It Requires Guts to Stay 19 at 24
I enjoyed reading this book titled as ‘I’M NOT TWENTY FOUR… I’ve been nineteen for five years’ authored by Sachin Garg. There is some kind of magnetism in the story. In fact at times you feel like not reading a story, rather feel like one of the characters of the story. It reflects modern era young generation having a bold attitude, ready to go to any extent but clearly setting the limits to their liberty without anyone else telling them to do so.
I’M NOT TWENTY FOUR… is a story that revolved around two main characters of the book, Saumya and Shubhrodeep Shyamchaudhary. There are many more characters in the story that might not be having lengthy appearance but have strong impact. Sachin is a mastered in many aspects while writing a book. He knows how to characterize each entity of the story, how beautifully to explain about a location or a place, and how to create a continuous flow of the sequences so as to engross its readers into the story.
Soumya is a fresh management graduate from MDI and gets a job in a very good corporate group – Lala Steel Company, during campus recruitment. There is confusion at both ends – Saumya thinks she would be placed in one of the metro offices of Lala Steel Company, whereas the company’s HR department mistook her as a male candidate and placed her in their plant in remote areas of Karnataka in a village known as Toranagallu.
It comes as a shock to her when she comes to know about her job location. Equally it was a shock for her manager who got to know that Saumya is not a boy when she has already been assigned a job of taking care of causalities and accidents in the factory. One day while her trip to Hampi she met Shubhro who is fond of beer, alcohol and weed. There developed some chemistry between the two when they started liking each other just when they met for the first time but neither of the two gave any indication to the other about it.
Saumya though smokes and drinks, is well within her limits as a professional and girl. Shubhro though smokes, drinks and takes drugs, is well beyond the character he projects about himself to the world. Shubhro is a well integrated character, has MBA degree from IIM in Finance, who knows what he wants in life. He lost his mother the day he got his first job. And thus he left the job. He took some time to understand what his goals in life were, but once he got clear about it, he was all into it with whole heart and mind.
Shubhro had a mission of not staying at a location for more than 90 days in any country. He is a sharp brain, strong willed, clear goals, and a solid mission. He gave a new meaning of life to many poor wherever he went and stayed. He also gave a direction to Saumya who was quite unclear about what clearly she wanted in her life. Overall it is a great story, especially as the story nears to its end. It is a well crafted story with a surprise factor for its readers while folding and unfolding many meanings of life, happiness, money and desires.
It Requires Guts to Stay 19 at 24
I enjoyed reading this book titled as ‘I’M NOT TWENTY FOUR… I’ve been nineteen for five years’ authored by Sachin Garg. There is some kind of magnetism in the story. In fact at times you feel like not reading a story, rather feel like one of the characters of the story. It reflects modern era young generation having a bold attitude, ready to go to any extent but clearly setting the limits to their liberty without anyone else telling them to do so.
I’M NOT TWENTY FOUR… is a story that revolved around two main characters of the book, Saumya and Shubhrodeep Shyamchaudhary. There are many more characters in the story that might not be having lengthy appearance but have strong impact. Sachin is a mastered in many aspects while writing a book. He knows how to characterize each entity of the story, how beautifully to explain about a location or a place, and how to create a continuous flow of the sequences so as to engross its readers into the story.
Soumya is a fresh management graduate from MDI and gets a job in a very good corporate group – Lala Steel Company, during campus recruitment. There is confusion at both ends – Saumya thinks she would be placed in one of the metro offices of Lala Steel Company, whereas the company’s HR department mistook her as a male candidate and placed her in their plant in remote areas of Karnataka in a village known as Toranagallu.
It comes as a shock to her when she comes to know about her job location. Equally it was a shock for her manager who got to know that Saumya is not a boy when she has already been assigned a job of taking care of causalities and accidents in the factory. One day while her trip to Hampi she met Shubhro who is fond of beer, alcohol and weed. There developed some chemistry between the two when they started liking each other just when they met for the first time but neither of the two gave any indication to the other about it.
Saumya though smokes and drinks, is well within her limits as a professional and girl. Shubhro though smokes, drinks and takes drugs, is well beyond the character he projects about himself to the world. Shubhro is a well integrated character, has MBA degree from IIM in Finance, who knows what he wants in life. He lost his mother the day he got his first job. And thus he left the job. He took some time to understand what his goals in life were, but once he got clear about it, he was all into it with whole heart and mind.
Shubhro had a mission of not staying at a location for more than 90 days in any country. He is a sharp brain, strong willed, clear goals, and a solid mission. He gave a new meaning of life to many poor wherever he went and stayed. He also gave a direction to Saumya who was quite unclear about what clearly she wanted in her life. Overall it is a great story, especially as the story nears to its end. It is a well crafted story with a surprise factor for its readers while folding and unfolding many meanings of life, happiness, money and desires.
November 11, 2011
I’m not twenty four, I’ve been nineteen for five years” by Sachin Garg is the story of Saumya Kapoor , an MDI graduate who gets placed at Lala Steel . Thanks to her unisex name, she is misunderstood as a guy and is posted in a village, Toranagallu in Northern Karnataka. Now Saumya is a Gucci handbag- toting, mini-skirt wearing girl who loves her stilettos, coffee shops and malls way too much. How can a modern girl like that adjust to a life in a god-forsaken village where getting North-Indian food is almost equivalent to a miracle happening? Well, that’s what the chunk of the story is all about…
She just has Amit, her sour and boring classmate from MDI and Malappa , the I-don’t-care Kannadiga for company; both of whom aren’t prime candidates for friendship, according to the lass. To make matters worse she is placed in the safety department and is made to take up a job profile that is tailor-made for guys(thanks to the confusion regarding the name). Several incidents that take place at work place forces Saumya to wonder whether she did the right thing by accepting the offer. Then, the rakishly handsome weed-smoking Shubrodeep makes an appearance and changes everything for Saumya… Does she stick on in Toranagalla or pack her bag back to Delhi? Does she manage to find love and win the bet she has made with Vartika(about getting “some action” in Toranagalla)?You,ll have to read the book to find the answers to all that.
The book is a coming-of-age story of Saumya and portrays how she matures as a person in a matter of few months, due to her experiences at Lala steel.
Though the book is not exactly well-written, the narrative is racy. Saumya, Shubhro and Malappa are extremely likeable characters. More than anything, I think that a lot of youngsters will relate to the plot and the characters. Even Saumya and her friend, Vartika who grated on my nerves for the first few chapters gradually get likeable as the book progresses. The trials and tribulations that Saumya faces at workplace are captured well also. I am going to avoid nit-picking on things like bad editing, spelling mistakes, amateurish writing and questionable grammar and not be a snob because I think the story is actually sweet. It will probably bring back memories of your first job (and/or) your first love.
I guess for a guy writing a book with a female protagonist, and to top it all do the narration in almost diary-style first person, Sachin does a decent job. The initial few chapters were really jarring as one could really sense that the author was trying his best to write “like a girl”. Gradually though, Saumya’s voice isn’t that difficult to tolerate. By the end of the book you’ll start rooting for her, I am sure. In the prologue, Sachin mentions that the book is the true story of a colleague. He has used a picture taken by the girl’s boyfriend (showing her jeans-clad, stiletto encased feet ) on the cover, which is cute. Yeah, it screams chick-lit, but cute, nevertheless.
Overall, an enjoyable, breezy read which I’ll rate 3/5.
February 23, 2017
Giving an extra star only because of the plot. May contain spoilers?
This work had too many issues with editing. For a first person view, the 'I' was overused and the sadder emotions/scenes were described in a rush throughout. From the point of view, I couldn't tell if Saumya is a guy or a girl in many places. And the overall taste and use of language was poor.
While its already hard to tell if we are in present time or past because of the liberal misuse of tenses, Saumya as a narrator is inconsistent in what she tells the reader. I think the author was attempting to convey exact emotions at any given time, but it was boring to make a bigger picture.
The environment was well thought of and the mystery of Shubhro intrigued me. Didn't feel like burning the book because it got decent near the end, thanks to these factors. Even character development worked out for Saumya, and the story itself was mature enough to throw Mallapa out in a perfect exit (poor guy smh).
This work had too many issues with editing. For a first person view, the 'I' was overused and the sadder emotions/scenes were described in a rush throughout. From the point of view, I couldn't tell if Saumya is a guy or a girl in many places. And the overall taste and use of language was poor.
While its already hard to tell if we are in present time or past because of the liberal misuse of tenses, Saumya as a narrator is inconsistent in what she tells the reader. I think the author was attempting to convey exact emotions at any given time, but it was boring to make a bigger picture.
The environment was well thought of and the mystery of Shubhro intrigued me. Didn't feel like burning the book because it got decent near the end, thanks to these factors. Even character development worked out for Saumya, and the story itself was mature enough to throw Mallapa out in a perfect exit (poor guy smh).
November 14, 2011
The story is about Saumya Kapoor, from Delhi, who is just out of her MBA. She gets an offer from a steel company and in the last minute she comes to know that her posting is in Toranagalu, a small village in Karnataka. She couldn’t imagine her life without shopping malls and short skirts in that village that too with Amit (her college mate whom she hates for various reasons). But as she did not have another option she accepts it and lands in Toranagalu.
In Toranagalu, she meets Malappa, another new joinee in the plant. He is an interesting guy and Saumya was attracted to him. She gets posted in Safety section of the company where she is required to handle tough jobs. Just when you are about to think that a love story was coming up between Saumya and Malappa, some unexpected incidents in the plant make Saumya’s life more tragic than she imagined.
At the time when Saumya was in a dilemma whether she could handle the pressure, her relation with Shubhrodeep develops. Saumya met Shubro during her initial days in Toranagalu, in a trip with Amit and Malappa to nearby place. Shubro moves on from place to place for every three months, that is his life style. For three months he stays in Toranagalu in the steel plant with Saumya’s help.
Saumya likes Shubro but doesn’t reveal it as she fears he may reject her and move on to another place following his move-on theory.
The rest of story is about how the character Shubro unfolds, Can Saumya handle her job after the disturbing incidents? Did she express her love to Shubro? Will Shubro stay back for Saumya? What is the reason behind his life style?
If you are wondering what happened to Malappa…well, that is another twist in the tale!!
The way the book started with the author meeting Saumya in a journey and Saumya telling her story to him reminds me of the CB style. This story will be refreshing for those who got bored with the routine college love stories. The story isn’t predictable...it is gripping till the end. The writing style is good…made this an easy to read. The discussions between Saumya and her friend Varthika are entertaining.
The thing which attracted me to this book other than the legs on the cover page is that Sachin Garg wrote the story from a girl’s perspective. But unfortunately he is not completely successful in portraying a girl before reader. The emotions of a girl are surely missing.
More than Saumya, it is the character Shubro that I liked a lot, author did a good job in developing this character. The way author handled Malappa’s character is a bit disappointing. It would have been better if Malappa has more scope in the story.
Overall, a decent work by Sachin.
In Toranagalu, she meets Malappa, another new joinee in the plant. He is an interesting guy and Saumya was attracted to him. She gets posted in Safety section of the company where she is required to handle tough jobs. Just when you are about to think that a love story was coming up between Saumya and Malappa, some unexpected incidents in the plant make Saumya’s life more tragic than she imagined.
At the time when Saumya was in a dilemma whether she could handle the pressure, her relation with Shubhrodeep develops. Saumya met Shubro during her initial days in Toranagalu, in a trip with Amit and Malappa to nearby place. Shubro moves on from place to place for every three months, that is his life style. For three months he stays in Toranagalu in the steel plant with Saumya’s help.
Saumya likes Shubro but doesn’t reveal it as she fears he may reject her and move on to another place following his move-on theory.
The rest of story is about how the character Shubro unfolds, Can Saumya handle her job after the disturbing incidents? Did she express her love to Shubro? Will Shubro stay back for Saumya? What is the reason behind his life style?
If you are wondering what happened to Malappa…well, that is another twist in the tale!!
The way the book started with the author meeting Saumya in a journey and Saumya telling her story to him reminds me of the CB style. This story will be refreshing for those who got bored with the routine college love stories. The story isn’t predictable...it is gripping till the end. The writing style is good…made this an easy to read. The discussions between Saumya and her friend Varthika are entertaining.
The thing which attracted me to this book other than the legs on the cover page is that Sachin Garg wrote the story from a girl’s perspective. But unfortunately he is not completely successful in portraying a girl before reader. The emotions of a girl are surely missing.
More than Saumya, it is the character Shubro that I liked a lot, author did a good job in developing this character. The way author handled Malappa’s character is a bit disappointing. It would have been better if Malappa has more scope in the story.
Overall, a decent work by Sachin.
September 18, 2016
Everyone is trying to emulate Chetan Bhagat.
In fact, Chetan's success has opened doors for emerging writers and few of them had already earned their worth. But, many failed mainly because they have not understood their originality.
One such attempt is Sachin Garg's 'I'm not twenty four...I've been nineteen for five years'. In spite of poor story telling, over 2 lakh copies been sold. That is remarkable, isn't it?
The place mentioned is interesting i.e. Toranagallu in North Karnataka.and the author needs to be appreciated for drafting the male character.
Saumya, a Delhite, got into Toranagallu Steel Plant through Campus Recruitment. On top of this, she got posted in Safety Department. How she manages, what sort of people she come across, how she handles a difficult situation, how she gets out within 6 months is the story.
The title made me to buy this from amazon.com and to be frank, not able to relate the title with the story. Then, finally it stuck me I do not belong to this generation ;-)
In fact, Chetan's success has opened doors for emerging writers and few of them had already earned their worth. But, many failed mainly because they have not understood their originality.
One such attempt is Sachin Garg's 'I'm not twenty four...I've been nineteen for five years'. In spite of poor story telling, over 2 lakh copies been sold. That is remarkable, isn't it?
The place mentioned is interesting i.e. Toranagallu in North Karnataka.and the author needs to be appreciated for drafting the male character.
Saumya, a Delhite, got into Toranagallu Steel Plant through Campus Recruitment. On top of this, she got posted in Safety Department. How she manages, what sort of people she come across, how she handles a difficult situation, how she gets out within 6 months is the story.
The title made me to buy this from amazon.com and to be frank, not able to relate the title with the story. Then, finally it stuck me I do not belong to this generation ;-)
February 18, 2016
Book : I'M NOT TWENTY FOUR
Author: Sachin Garg
Fed up with a BABU - SHONA - SWEETA type of campus novels? Just give a try to I'M NOT TWENTY FOUR. A simple language and simple story that takes place in a small town named Toranagallu. Though the title is connected with the female protagonist but the whole story is dominated by the male protagonist. A character without whom the story is not at all an attention seeker. He is SHUBHRODEEP SHAYAMCHAUDHARY.
What an 'MBA in finance' guy can do and what he is actually doing? How he looks, how he behaves, and who he is by the way? These can be totally different points.
The story also shows the fight of SAUMYA KAPOOR, whose unisex name always creates problem for her. And the same happenes with her when she gets a job in a steel factory and that's also in the Safety department.
Lemme admit, when there is no Shubhro on the pages, novel becomes bit boring. Exceptions are there.
Small characters could be described better. Not 30 or 40 but you may announce the story as FLAT after 100 pages also. Last few pages are the zest of the tale when there is something like spin in tale. The story is predictable. It would not be good to say anything about how the novel ends because the end is a new begining here. The recent release of Sachin Garg, 'We need a revolution' starts from the point where ' I'm not twenty four' ends.
After all a good read for knowing that how just one character can do a magic and make the story a hit. Not bad to give a chance.
Fan of Shubhro!
Author: Sachin Garg
Fed up with a BABU - SHONA - SWEETA type of campus novels? Just give a try to I'M NOT TWENTY FOUR. A simple language and simple story that takes place in a small town named Toranagallu. Though the title is connected with the female protagonist but the whole story is dominated by the male protagonist. A character without whom the story is not at all an attention seeker. He is SHUBHRODEEP SHAYAMCHAUDHARY.
What an 'MBA in finance' guy can do and what he is actually doing? How he looks, how he behaves, and who he is by the way? These can be totally different points.
The story also shows the fight of SAUMYA KAPOOR, whose unisex name always creates problem for her. And the same happenes with her when she gets a job in a steel factory and that's also in the Safety department.
Lemme admit, when there is no Shubhro on the pages, novel becomes bit boring. Exceptions are there.
Small characters could be described better. Not 30 or 40 but you may announce the story as FLAT after 100 pages also. Last few pages are the zest of the tale when there is something like spin in tale. The story is predictable. It would not be good to say anything about how the novel ends because the end is a new begining here. The recent release of Sachin Garg, 'We need a revolution' starts from the point where ' I'm not twenty four' ends.
After all a good read for knowing that how just one character can do a magic and make the story a hit. Not bad to give a chance.
Fan of Shubhro!
December 25, 2012
The book’s tile is an interesting one. Definitely catches the attention of the readers. Going by the cover page you do not expect a lot from it. One would expect it to be another light read novel that you read on a train journey. It Seems fun but not making an everlasting impression.
The gist of the story given in the last page also fails to hold you attention for too long. It gives one an impression of an ordinary story. The characters are ones you would meet everyday in your college, canteen, discos and pubs.
In the beginning the story is very slow and not catchy enough. Saumya is transferred to a small village in Karnataka because the human resource department thought her to be a boy. Thanks to her unisex name. Along with her are amit from her own institute of management and malappa whom she meets in the township. And no! This is not a love triangle. One would want to give up the book in the beginning. But the story picks up the pace when the character of shubhro walks in. The story again dies in the middle. Towards the end the story gets interesting when saumya and shubro meet once again and spend time together. The end is quite interesting, nothing like one would expect it.
The book overall lacks language, style and any skill in writing. Story is the only plus point in the novel. But narration again doesn’t do justice to the story. I would give the books two. But since the story is offbeat and gets you thinking, I can be generous and give it a three.
The gist of the story given in the last page also fails to hold you attention for too long. It gives one an impression of an ordinary story. The characters are ones you would meet everyday in your college, canteen, discos and pubs.
In the beginning the story is very slow and not catchy enough. Saumya is transferred to a small village in Karnataka because the human resource department thought her to be a boy. Thanks to her unisex name. Along with her are amit from her own institute of management and malappa whom she meets in the township. And no! This is not a love triangle. One would want to give up the book in the beginning. But the story picks up the pace when the character of shubhro walks in. The story again dies in the middle. Towards the end the story gets interesting when saumya and shubro meet once again and spend time together. The end is quite interesting, nothing like one would expect it.
The book overall lacks language, style and any skill in writing. Story is the only plus point in the novel. But narration again doesn’t do justice to the story. I would give the books two. But since the story is offbeat and gets you thinking, I can be generous and give it a three.
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