An MDI graduate's book bearing a cover page with a girl's legs clad in blue jeans and red stilettos and with a title 'I'm not 24..I've been 19 for 5 years'...What do one expect the story to be about? Well, I thought it would a fictious love story with an IIM backdrop. But it's not so.
This is the story of a Delhi based girl, Saumya Kapoor, an MBA graduate from MDI, Gurgaon. Having been brought up in a high-fi society, her life revolves around shopping malls, coffee shops and handsome guys. She like any other metropolitan girl expects to be placed in a corporate company after her studies. However, a confusion arises due to her unisexual name and she gets into a reputed steel company which is located in a remote village, Toranagallu in Northern Karnataka. Though she's not comfortable with the idea of staying away from city life, family and friends she decides to accept the job.
Once she lands in Toranagallu, she loves the place instantaneously. During her induction period she meets Shubrodeep Shyam Chaudary at Hampi. Shubro leads a nomadic life style, loves weed and beer more than anything else. His decision to lead a life based on a 'move-on' theory takes him through different parts of the world and now he's in Hampi for 90 days.Suamya gets attracted to Shubro's looks. After partying with a couple of other friends in a bar, she comes back to Toranagallu.
Her job profile is an emotionally stressful one and after some horryfying experiences she decides to quit after the 3 month notice period. It's then Shubro enters her life again. He decides to stay in Toranagallu for a period of 90 days as a part of his 'move-on' theory. And the rest of the story is about how Saumya falls in love with Shubro, despite his weird habits and nomadic lifestyle and how he influences her way of thinking towards life. There's also a story behind Shubro's lifestyle and it unfolds in the last part of the novel. It's highly unconvincing, but still, it feels good when we read stories which are hard to believe and this's one such story.
Expect for the first few chapters it's an interesting read. The writing style is simple and it took less than 4hrs for me to complete.
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