Heartbreaks & Dreams! The Girls@IIT

First book on the life of GIRLS (whatever few we had) at IIT. A top-selling, fun-read by IIT-Delhi’95 alumnus Parul A. Mittal. 

Uncomfortable around boys, the only girl in her department, can Tanu outshine or find true love in the sea of boys at IIT?

Having cleared the exam that only the most intelligent do, Tanu reaches IIT Delhi; merely to realize that she is an outlier in the system – a girl at IIT! Will she be able to wade through four years and more importantly make her mark in this sea of boys? She befriends Puja, Divya and Charu and thus begins a rollercoaster ride through torturous exams, below average grades, biased lab assistants, nutty professors, envious seniors, hard to get boys, midnight trysts, fun fests, competitive sports, a suicide, a dominating grandfather and rigged elections!

Be it asking questions in class or catching up on her beauty sleep, how does one go about it without being noticed by the boys or the professors?

Inter hostel competitions can be embarrassing especially when the boys purposely choose awkward topics and craft shameless clues. How does one overcome these stumbling blocks keeping one's dignity intact?

Chatting and innocuous jokes can be a torture if there are forty pairs of eyes glued to every action of yours. How does one make it feel normal and go about life at IIT?

When it comes to matters of the heart, and so many to choose from, how does one know who is Mr Right?

Heartbreaks & Dreams! – The Girls @  IIT is a delightful and funny attempt to depict the circumstantial challenges that are intrinsic to a college campus characterized by skewed sex-ratio, cut-throat competition, grueling coursework and a largely geek population. Seen through the eyes of a confident and intelligent, simple, middle-class girl Tanu, the book journeys through the most vulnerable and youthful times of her sojourn at IIT.

The author, Parul A. Mittal, is an I.I.T  Delhi alumnus, BTECH EE 95 batch. “Heartbreaks & Dreams!” is her debut novel. You can read more about her at www.parulmittal.com, email her at parulmittal@gmail.com and join the book’s fan page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parul-A-Mittal-Heartbreaks-Dreams/105899339439707?ref=ts

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