Dancing With Maharaja

Set in the late 90's and the millennium year, Dancing with Maharaja is about how Satish - the only son of Rajaraman, a rich liquor - shop owner in Madurai and rated "beyond repair" by all his school and college teachers - much against his will finds himself in the streets of Old Rajinder Nagar teeming with tea shops, moms on rent, book stalls and IAS coaching institutes; and what is in store for him in the demanding and eventful journey of IAS exams. Woven around the rigorous IAS exams schedule of prelims-mains-interview, the story captures the lift style of the civil service aspirants and explores the myriad hues and shades of all that go into making the steel frame of the country. About The Author Sundar (S. Sundar Rajan) is an Indian Revenue Service officer, hailing from one of the southernmost districts of our country, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. Before joining the civil services in the year 2007, Sundar had a brief stint with Tata Chemicals Ltd. An engineering graduate from BITS, Pilani, the author completed his MBA from SIBM, Pune (2004). A person with no specific interest, Sundar is fond of many things in life like - movies, writing, a bit of reading, traveling, photography, some cricket, music, etc. Married to one of his IRS batch-mates, Jayanthi, the author is currently serving as an Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax in Goa. This is the author's first work of fiction. Earlier he had co-authored along with this elder brother, S. Nagarajan IAS, a preparation guide for the civil services exam - "Topper's Tips". Sundar can be reached at sundarsajan@gmail.com and www.pilanipictures.blogspot.com