About the Book
"Freedom, friends and fun. That's how most of us remember our college years. But for those studying toget into the coveted Indian Civil Services, college life acquires an additional layer. As Boys Become Menrevolves around three such boys, Mihir, Uday and Sandeep, who set out together to crack the CivilServices exam. Narrated by the thoughtful and intense Mihir, this book explores college life, friendship,romance, leaving home and adjusting to a new environment, and describes how negotiating the pathbetween dharma and desire, love and lust, can be tricky.A sparkling story of the bond between a boisterous trio, the book will take you on a journey of discovery,where boys become men, and students become civil servants. In the course the book also ends uptelling us what not to do when writing the Civil Services exam. A slice-of-life tale with a 'Mona Lisa'flavour that offers fun and romance aplenty, this book also imparts philosophical truths that will helpevery young person out to discover life.""
About the Author
"Mukul Kumar is a civil servant belonging to the 1997 batch. An Indian Railway Traffic officer,he is presently working in the Ministry of Railways, New Delhi. He has studied humanities fromKirori Mal College, Delhi University. He also writes poetry in English. The anthology of hisEnglish poems titled The Irrepressible Echoes was published in 2012. He has also been awarded theLife Membership of the Poetry Society (India). As Boys Become Men marks his debut as a novelist."
About the Book "Freedom, friends and fun. That's how most of us remember our college years. But for those studying toget into the coveted Indian Civil Services, college life acquires an additional layer. As Boys Become Menrevolves around three such boys, Mihir, Uday and Sandeep, who set out together to crack the CivilServices exam. Narrated by the thoughtful and intense Mihir, this book explores college life, friendship,romance, leaving home and adjusting to a new environment, and describes how negotiating the pathbetween dharma and desire, love and lust, can be tricky.A sparkling story of the bond between a boisterous trio, the book will take you on a journey of discovery,where boys become men, and students become civil servants. In the course the book also ends uptelling us what not to do when writing the Civil Services exam. A slice-of-life tale with a 'Mona Lisa'flavour that offers fun and romance aplenty, this book also imparts philosophical truths that will helpevery young person out to discover life."" About the Author "Mukul Kumar is a civil servant belonging to the 1997 batch. An Indian Railway Traffic officer,he is presently working in the Ministry of Railways, New Delhi. He has studied humanities fromKirori Mal College, Delhi University. He also writes poetry in English. The anthology of hisEnglish poems titled The Irrepressible Echoes was published in 2012. He has also been awarded theLife Membership of the Poetry Society (India). As Boys Become Men marks his debut as a novelist."