"Learn Tamil in Thirty Days"
"One Hundred and One ways of Getting Married"
"The Book of Indian Cookery"
Who would submit bills of these titles against a grant meant for
big, fat, jargon-filled books on Software Technology?
But, then, Vikram Gupta is no run of the mill Software
Professional.
Fresh out of college, highly qualified, in great shape and
intelligent, he is employed by ACS, the biggest name in the Indian
Software World. He is the archetypical image of a young man with a
glorious future ahead of him.
Yet, he has his problems.
He loathes his job, abhors everything about Chennai and hates
the guts of his reporting boss. And more importantly, he has the
questionable gifts of eccentric logic, irreverence for authority
and a macabre sense of humour, which more often than not, place him
on sticky wicket.
As the year 2000 approaches, accompanied by the dreaded Y2K bug,
ACS goes about its customary way of getting innumerable projects
done dirt cheap by employing fresh graduates whom they can brow
beat, bully and exploit. However, in Vikram Gupta, they run against
something they have never encountered before.
Within the spic and span corridors of the multinational firm,
Vikram discovers conspiracies that threaten to spell doom for the
hordes of young people recruited by the company. And he pits his
eccentric wits against the cold-blooded deviousness of
entrepreneur-par-excellence S. Digambaram, the EVP of ACS Chennai.
Somehow along the line, he also manages to fall in love. But, can a
sole youth, even aided by cupid, succeed against a giant
corporate?
What results is an uproarious rollercoaster ride encompassing
the deepest secrets of the software world just before the turn of
the century. The technological landscape of the software world is
etched with numerous colourful characters from all walks of
life.
"A most refreshing sense of humour."
-Shyamala Narayan
General
| Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
June 2006 |
| First published: |
June 2006 |
| Authors: |
Arunabha Sengupta
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
380 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-595-39697-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
| LSN: |
0-595-39697-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780595396979 |
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