One Night @ The Call Center
Chetan Bhagat
I chanced upon this book in my office library!!! Surprising .. coz we do not have fiction in our library. May be the name "Call center" in the title prompted them to get this book... LOL
Neways, Having read his first book before, I was inspired enough to pick this, one off the self. Also I was as curious as a cat about the lives of these guys from Call Centers.
The novel starts well, the flow is good and the writing style is also good.
The language is not superlative. It has the common slang prevailing in the young Indian life. Of course upon reading this book you can be very sure that it has been written by an Indian Author.
The central characters in this book are Shyam - a self proclaimed loser and the narrator of the events, his call center workmates cum friends Vroom, Radhika,Priyanka, Esha and "Military Uncle".
Shyam is a wannabe Team Lead, but lacks the guts to stand up to his abilities before his Boss Bakshi.
Vroom is the more whackier of the lot - the type of person who makes fun of life but ofcourse has his share of problems.
Esha, a Chandigarh girl who wants to make it big in the world of fashion. She is the prettiest of the lot.
Radhika is a modern girl turned sidhi saadhi bahu who accepts her old fashioned in laws lifestyle just because she dotes on her hubby Anuj.
Priyanka is another of the middle class clan who is working in order to save for her further education.
Shyam and Priyanka were at one time romantically involved but then broke up for many reasons.
Military Uncle is incidentaly called so because of his military background.
The book progresses on well with flashbacks and present happpenings.
But All hell breaks loose towards the end. Somehow the thought of GOD calling up Esha's mobile is undigestable!! With this, what could have been a novel of everyday lives becomes some sortaa more "fictionated".
I shall not speak of the events and stuff. I dont want to spoil the book for an eager reader. But Yeah I would like to caution you- If you had high expectations, then ...
I guess the most interesting reads in this book are the epilogue and the prologue. :-)
This is Chetan's second venture in the world of fiction. His first book was a great success. And of course there were more expections from him.
Neways, Having read his first book before, I was inspired enough to pick this, one off the self. Also I was as curious as a cat about the lives of these guys from Call Centers.
The novel starts well, the flow is good and the writing style is also good.
The language is not superlative. It has the common slang prevailing in the young Indian life. Of course upon reading this book you can be very sure that it has been written by an Indian Author.
The central characters in this book are Shyam - a self proclaimed loser and the narrator of the events, his call center workmates cum friends Vroom, Radhika,Priyanka, Esha and "Military Uncle".
Shyam is a wannabe Team Lead, but lacks the guts to stand up to his abilities before his Boss Bakshi.
Vroom is the more whackier of the lot - the type of person who makes fun of life but ofcourse has his share of problems.
Esha, a Chandigarh girl who wants to make it big in the world of fashion. She is the prettiest of the lot.
Radhika is a modern girl turned sidhi saadhi bahu who accepts her old fashioned in laws lifestyle just because she dotes on her hubby Anuj.
Priyanka is another of the middle class clan who is working in order to save for her further education.
Shyam and Priyanka were at one time romantically involved but then broke up for many reasons.
Military Uncle is incidentaly called so because of his military background.
The book progresses on well with flashbacks and present happpenings.
But All hell breaks loose towards the end. Somehow the thought of GOD calling up Esha's mobile is undigestable!! With this, what could have been a novel of everyday lives becomes some sortaa more "fictionated".
I shall not speak of the events and stuff. I dont want to spoil the book for an eager reader. But Yeah I would like to caution you- If you had high expectations, then ...
I guess the most interesting reads in this book are the epilogue and the prologue. :-)
This is Chetan's second venture in the world of fiction. His first book was a great success. And of course there were more expections from him.
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