Campus Cola

At fortythree Huckys life is torn apart. Hes jilted (his young lover doesn’t fancy him anymore) jobless (his boss wants him to take a break and recharge) totally messed up and is battling the blues. Since nostalgia is therapeutic he decides to pen a book on his fun drenched salad days at Defcoms a Bangalore based medical college that churns out doctors for the armed forces. He recalls a journey pulsating with adventure ragging grueling regimen romance road trips rustication dares foreigner babes power politics drug addiction gang warfare academic gloominess comical events draconian rules a Zen master philosophy God consciousness and rebellion. Whats more the delightful campus romp is energized by an eccentric genius an avid bettor two brawny dudes a war cry shouter a planner of wild schemes (all part of the ‘Maniacs’ gang) and a few mushy lovers who make life unbelievably colorful. Seen through the right prism of seven maverick minds its as psychedelic a journey as the LSD trips Hucky loves. Just when he getting numbed again by melancholy Hucky and Paddy a nephew hes shacking up with drink a death cocktail meet God and find their lives racing towards a magical delightful new beginning.