Maharaja - Amazed

Surprised to see a review in Amazon.in...

"Ironically, this book which goes through the ordeal of IAS aspirants has been published at a time when the UPSC has completely overhauled the syllabus of the civil services examination. Nevertheless the book gave me nostalgia in varying degrees. But, I don't know how i would have liked the book had i never been to Old Rajinder Nagar, in that sense, this book targets a niche of niche audience.

In the story the author is highly realistic about the experiences of a student in Old Rajinder Nagar especially the tiffinwalla's food, exorbitant rent and class fees,exam stress, insomnia before prelims, being heated up in an oven during mains etc etc and I feel this stems from the fact that the author, his wife and his elder brother are all civil servants.

The influence of mainstream Tamil Cinema is evident on the author's writing. The "rags to riches" formula has been altered to a "copycat to topper" formula. It makes one ask how the hell is it possible? But the same formula propels one to think "I CAN DO IT TOO" sort of vicarious feeling. In doing this the author has succeeded very well.

Hope he writes more and more books."