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  ‘He told you everything? Like everything?’ she, looked shocked.

  ‘Pretty much.’

  ‘Oh well, Bombay is nice, but my own is my own. Pao bhaji tastes much better in Ahmedabad.’

  I wanted to chat with her more, but had to leave. They had let me into their world, but I couldn’t overstay.

  Epilogue II

  Isat at my home computer in Singapore. My wife came to my desk at midnight.

  ‘Can you leave this story for now? You have done what you could. He’ll tell you if anything happens,’ she said.

  ‘Yes, but they are in London right now. The operation is over, Ali’s doing physio exercises everyday. He could be ready for a batting test anytime.’

  ‘You have been saying the same thing over and over since last month. Now can you please turn off the light?’

  I lay down and thought about them. It was day time in London. Would the doctors agree to let him go to the cricket field for a test today? What would happen if he faces a ball after such a long gap? Will the new wrist be too delicate to play sports? Thoughts continued to swirl as I drifted off to sleep.

  The next morning I woke up early. I had an SMS from Govind.

  doc approves ali 2 play.

  fingers X. pls pray.

  v hit pitch 2mrow

  I went to office the next day. London is eight hours behind Singapore, and I checked my phone during my evening coffee at 4 p.m. I had no message. I left office at 8 p.m. I was in the taxi when my phone beeped.

  ish bowls 2 ali.

  ali moves fwd & turns.

  straight 6…!

  FIVE POINT SOMEONE

  What not to do at IIT

  On the bestseller charts for four years!

  Five reasons why Hari, Ryan and Alok’s life is in a complete mess:

  1. They’ve messed up their grades big time.

  2. Alok and Ryan can’t stop bickering with each other.

  3. Hari is smitten with Neha, who happens to be Prof Cherian’s daughter, head of the Mechanical Engineering department.

  4. As IITians, they are expected to conquer the world, something they know isn’t likely to happen.

  5. They’re with each other.

  Welcome to Five Point Someone. ‘This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even survive it. In fact, it describes how bad things can get if you don’t think straight.’

  Funny, dark and non-stop, Five Point Someone is the story of three friends whose measly five-point something GPAs come in the way of everything — their friendship, their love life, their future. Will they make it?

  ONE NIGHT @ THE CALL CENTER

  The new bestseller from the award-winning author

  In the winter of 2004, a writer met a young girl on overnight train journey. To pass the time, she offered to tell him a story. However, she had one condition: that he make it into his second book. He hesitated, but asked what the story was about.

  The girl said the story was about six people working in a call center, set in one night.

  She said it was the night they had got a phone call.

  That phone call was from God.

  Welcome to one night @ the call center, another contemporary novel from the award-winning author of the national bestseller Five Point Someone.

  Are you ready to take the Call?