As a guest speaker at EXODIA, the annual fest of IIT Mandi....It was a humbling experience talking to the brightest minds of India. The book-reading and questions went off very well considering that many of the students had never read a book (novel) before! "We're reading all the time...!" one of them said, referring to course books...But I was glad that at the end of it I was able to convert a few to reading literature, borne by the fact that many of them bought their Author-signed copy of The sergeant's Son.
Many asked probing questions on how one becomes a writer...
The high point of the visit, however, was Sunday evening when the entire Mandi hills rocked to the songs of EKA music the rock band from Delhi led by Benny Pinto, Hitesh and Lokesh Madan!
Who says IIT wallahs don't know how to rock...!
Thank you IIT Mandi!
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