The Middle Class Mosaic: Volume 2: Stream Wars & Pocket Money

The transition from Class 10 to Class 11 isn't just a step up-it's a cliff edge.In Volume 2 of The Middle Class Mosaic, Aarav Malhotra leaves the protected incubator of school and enters the chaotic wilderness of "Junior College." Welcome to the Science Stream-where the books are heavy, the teachers are celebrities, and the pressure is atmospheric.From the humiliation of the "beige" uniform to the cutthroat world of IIT-JEE coaching, Aarav navigates a life defined by two variables: Stream Wars (the battle between passion and physics) and Pocket Money (the constant struggle to afford a cappuccino in a world of rich friends).As he juggles the terror of Rotational Mechanics, the awkwardness of teenage crushes, and a secret dream of buying a Fender guitar, Aarav learns that the hardest derivations aren't in the textbook-they are in life itself.A hilarious, heartwarming, and painfully relatable diary of every Indian teenager who ever calculated projectile motion while dreaming of a different trajectory.

Pages: 120, Paperback, Independently published