Crooked Crusader
Morally Impaired
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The phone alarm had been ringing for about 15 minutes, but every time it rang, I would put it in “snooze” mode, only for it to ring even sooner than I would expect. The last night had been disturbing for me. I had reached late since I had to grab something to eat on the way from the airport. After a quick wash and change of clothes later, I had turned in for the night. And that’s when the monsters had attacked. Hundreds of tiny mosquitoes had been lying in wait for their victim. As soon as I had switched off the light, they pounced on me. It wasn’t until half an hour later that I had the sense of closing the window and applying mosquito-repellant that I could get some shut-eye. I could swear that hardly 10 minutes must have passed when someone had started banging on my door, repeatedly. Father had warned me about this. I knew that those may have been the seniors who, hearing of the latest entry into the hostel, had come for their share of fresh meat.
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Is being bad really that bad? What if something good comes out of it? Pranay is the only son of urban middle-class parents. Since childhood, he has never had any real friends, owing to a boarding school education that kept him shuttling between home and school. A mediocre student at best, his life takes a turnaround when he is sent to study dentistry in a never-heard-of Dental College in South India. It is here that he discovers that he has skills that he never knew he had. The story is one of a young sociopathic adult in an alien environment, battling and manipulating the odds in his favour and eradicating the ragging menace from his new home—Dental College. He strives to be the boss in his banana-republic of a hostel. This is a simple and relatable story that delves into the murky world of ragging in hostels and how the megalomaniac protagonist turns it to his own gain.
About the Author
Dr. Chinmoy Hazarika is a practising dentist. He lives in India with his family. When not pulling out teeth, performing root-canals and filling cavities, he spends most of his time writing for children and young adults. This is his first published novel.