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don't be a hero!: Some Battles Are Fought Alone
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Publisher: Notion Press
Pages: 338
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.88 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
don't be a hero! is a dark political and emotional drama that follows the lives of three young people over a period of twenty years. Set against the backdrop of campus politics and Indian bureaucracy, the novel explores ambition, class, love, power, and the emotional cost of survival.
The story centres on Sudipto, a brilliant but deeply insecure young man determined to escape poverty and become an IAS officer. At university, he grows close to Bhaskar, an accidental student leader who rises during campus protests, and Sanyukta, a woman who understands privilege and social reality far better than either of them.
What begins as friendship and idealism slowly turns into rivalry, compromise, resentment, corruption, and emotional distance as their lives move from university campuses into the cold corridors of bureaucracy. Over time, each of them is forced to confront the difficult choices.
At its heart, don't be a hero! is a story about how systems slowly change people. Over time, each of them is forced to confront the difficult choices. They slowly learn that survival is not shaped by hard work alone- timing and privilege often decide who rises and who is left behind.
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