"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
The years are long gone. But many summers into the end of the memorable four-year college stint, nothing seems to have changed. Given a chance to relive or redo the four Rourkela years, not one boy will choose a life any different. Because the campus was one place where the size of your pocket holes never came in the way of partying; where how unprepared you were for “tomorrow’s” exam, never came in the way of watching “tonight’s” movie at the college A/V Hall; where oxygen in the air was a mere formality, the boys enjoyed inhaling uncertainty!
This collection of kahaani (stories) may have been set against the backdrop of the campus adjoining the Koel river. But isn’t this the same wind that blows in just about every college and every hostel? Where life is about complaining way more than adoring? About swearing way more than appreciating? And finally realizing one day how naive we were. Eventually recognizing how, but for those priceless memories, life would not have had as much to cherish.
This book is about me for sure. It has to be about you as much!
Dhirendra Mishra & Himanshu Shekhar Dutta
Dhirendra Mishra and Himanshu Shekhar Dutta graduated together from NIT Rourkela (formerly REC Rourkela). Author of Zillion Destinations, Dhirendra Mishra is an MBA from KJ Somaiya, Mumbai (India). Himanshu Shekhar Dutta is an M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur (India) and also holds an MS degree from UNT, Denton, Texas (USA).
Little did Himanshu anticipate that his college experiences would make interesting bedtime stories for his two growing sons. Over a period of time, they got addicted to the stories and liked them so much that they wanted their father to compile the stories into a book. This inspired Himanshu to reach out to Dhirendra to work on this book reliving the past. This book is a hilarious and fascinating depiction of not only their college experiences but also of the entire student fraternity in India.
