'Oh Snap, I'm in JNU!' by Kev Nayak - Book Review
It is not every day that a book comes, about a university that has fed people’s fantasy for as long as they remember. It is about a university that enjoys a near sacrosanct status, like an impenetrable fort, its students shrouded with a bizarre aura, painting them almost like mythological characters, placing them higher than lesser mortals. And then, this great book that reveals the ages-old old hidden secret - that the university is just like any other institutions, with its share of great philosophy, its glorious and not so glorious history, upside down geography, multi-hued social fabric, a melting pot of all Indian cultures etc. That its students are like any others, with their share of weaknesses and strengths. That this University too is not really different from other universities and colleges in India. The book also narrates in great detail about the temperament of the university, about its undying spirit, which does not kneel down, no matter what – the positivity ...