THE LAST CLASS

Book excerpt: What is love? Does the distance have any effect on it? What if it is unrequited? What happens if you don’t get the person you love? Does it end there? There are so many questions and the answers to these very questions vary from person to person but the one common thing is that we all encounter these questions and situations at some point in our lives. ‘The last class’ is a similar real-life story of one of the author’s close friends. This story is a roller coaster ride of a boy who fell in love with a girl named Priya and did everything he could do to win her. Seeing the inclination of Priya’s family towards government jobs, he decided to appear for SSC CGLE, one of the toughest exams of India. Does he able to clear it? Does he able to get his love? All the answers lie in this short and beautifully written novel.