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028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: 2/25 First Floor, Arun House, Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi _c: 3112 _d: 03/08/2026
082			_a823.914 KAL
100			_aKalia, Mamta.
245			_aRat Race _c/ Mamta Kalia.
260			_a, New Delhi _b: Speaking Tiger _c, 2026.
300			_a125p. _c: 16cm.
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520			_aWhen Pawan Pande leaves his home in Allahabad for a prestigious management degree and job in Gujarat, he believes he has entered the fast lane of success. Like thousands of freshly minted MBA graduates of the 1990s, he is ready to conquer the market, capture clients, and climb the corporate ladder. But the world he enters is less a ladder and more a maze— one filled with rival companies, impossible sales targets, office politics, and the constant pressure to stay ahead of everyone else. In Rat Race, Mamta Kalia offers a sharp, witty portrait of a generation caught between aspiration and uncertainty. As Pawan and his friends chase promo-tions, negotiate fragile relationships, and measure success in contracts won and salaries earned, they also confront homesickness, ethical dilemmas, and the unsettling realisation that the race they have entered has no clear finish line. Wry and perceptive, the novel captures a generation propelled by opportunity yet trapped in a competition that never quite ends. In Jerry Pinto’s translation, Kalia’s keenly observed story becomes a vivid chronicle of ambition, migration, and the restless energy of a generation learning to live—and compete—in a new India.
650			_aLiterature
650			_aEnglish Literature
650			_aFiction
700			_aMamta Kalia.
942			_cBOOK
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