A Dalit girl beats all odds to emerge as the IAS topper with an All India Rank 01. The second topper is a Kashmiri boy, who has grown up exposed to constant violence against his own people in his homeland. When these two young prodigies meet at the IAS Training Academy, Mussoorie, love blossoms. But even as they trend on social media, damning speculations threaten to tear them apart.
A heady mix of dreams and desire, this is a story of the triumph of love in the face of our society's most dangerous beliefs.
About the Author
Pankaj Dubey is a bestselling bilingual novelist and film-maker. Both his books, What a Loser! and Ishqiyapa: To Hell With Love, published by Penguin India, have been written by him in Hindi as well. He accentuates the socio-political undercurrents with quirks and humour in his style of writing. He has been a journalist with the BBC World Service in London. He was also selected for the prestigious Writers' Residency in the Seoul Art Space, Yeonhui, Seoul, South Korea, amongst three novelists from Asia in 2016.