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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Book Review:- One night at the call center




Screw it ! God never makes phone-calls nor is military uncle a wisecrack, he is jus pure dipshit!

People fool others writing no-good books and givin it awful lotta a publicity vis-à-vis a few enigmantic characters, phonecalls, sex, sleaze, technocrap, holy new cars and American helholish iq.

Like what are the issues addressed in one night @ the call center.

1) repugnant managerial lingo

2) avg Americans’ below avg iq and India’s pre-disposition 2 intelligence, der 35=10 rul et al

3) cash starved Indians r puppets in de hands of rich Americans , only dis time de puppets r intelligent.What use!

4) Modeling – de false dream

5) NRI groom. Mr achiever in America wooing all de pretty girls bak home

6) Gen gap dipshit

7) Et shunning ur old parents theory

8) The inner call brouhaha

9) God being wid u…

10) youth f**in wastin their potential

So whatz this guy chetan been doin with his new book.

Ya sure I really like his 5. that topped der charts.

Being a college student ya I cud empathize atleast. And the book wuz cool time pass

And there was all the banging given to the poor head’s gorgeous daughter by a fat low-grader. And again ppl read it coz they cud empathize and vicariously enjoy der cool life therein.

But one night is a real no-good. Ya all those issues are being dealt with. But I never gained anything from the book. I never came out enlightened. Therz nothing to fuel you mann. Ya BPOs may well empathize with the guys in de book, s/w guys wud sympathize, Europeans wud apathize- and care no f**g hoots. Even students wud b curious 2 knw abt BPOs and American dreams. But wher is the research behind the book.

Take rising sun by chricton for a sample comparison. Therez real concept and real research therein. Like real and in-depth analysis on the particular peril expressed therein. Solid connections with the real world!! Wisdom and recognition of what is as is.

Economic behaviour of nations, language classes, murder, investigation, danger, on the edginess, how experience counts, golf, dope, politics, tech and not technocrap. Name it and Crichton has weaved it in.

But here chetan has atmost made a mishmash out of a few otherwise thought-provoking bottom-lines (of which he never reached to the bottom of it!). So friends don’t evr buy this book. Atmost borrow it and read it fu**g once. Not more. And then forget the time it killed

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I will giv it one star outta five because it has atleast handled the youth’s sensibilities and biases with sensitivity and/or truth. Like that’s not hard for a 30yr old writer. Ya the girls talking amongst themselves in bio sessions! Vroom eavesdroppin! Cutting down the cigarettes! The bed lounge and bar! That’s all good handling and that’s about it.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

hmmm.. Aint in a situ to comment, coz i havent read the book.. But i count 5.someone as one of the most exciting books i have ever read..

That this book is not upto the mark is no reflection of the calibre of the author.. Vish, probably u couldnt empathize with it coz u or i dont know how life at a call center is.. Put that in perspective while giving the rating..

1/5 is a bit too harsh is what i feel..