Diary of a Cambridge Loafer - Paperback

by Lavanya Malhotra (Author)

18 year old Sitara is starting her first year reading Medicine at the University of Cambridge, fresh off the boat from India. Her diary offers a glimpse into a bizarre world of white tie balls, murderous swans, and one Very Hot Boy next door. Misadventures abound amongst candlelit suppers in wood-panelled halls, where the champagne and fungoid cheeses are as plentiful as the crazy characters she befriends. Sitara must manage her first whiff of independence with gruelling study schedules, a blossoming romance, and no idea how to do her laundry. She emerges relatively unscathed from her encounters with the best of British politeness and the worst of British cuisine, albeit having been put in her place by the cavalier attitudes of the college cats. Readers- "A must read for university students, would be medics, hopeless romantics and anyone looking for a laugh" "Absolutely hilarious" "I am laughing out loud, I was nearly in tears"

Author Biography

Lavanya was born in India, grew up in Dubai, and spent her time at Trinity College, Cambridge exploring all the restaurants the city has to offer. She has been a blogger for the BMJ (British Medical Journal), a contributor to The Cambridge Student and vice president of the Cheese Society of Trinity. She was a weekly columnist at the UAE mainstream newspaper The National for five years, and at age 14 was the youngest columnist in the country. Her light hearted columns delved into the turmoil and turbulence of growing up, and she interviewed notable personalities like The Jonas Brothers. Her short story won second prize in the Oxford University Press Short Story Writing Competition (as part of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature), and was published in a book by Oxford University Press. Lavanya was shortlisted for the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Capture380 award, which is among the most generous prizes in the world for a writing and photography contest. She was interviewed on radio at age 11 when her book review of 'Life of Pi' won a nationwide competition. She has been conducting creative writing workshops and quizzes for teenagers since she was fifteen. As president of a Toastmasters International club, a public speaking forum, she led the executive committee and won numerous awards. She likes dogs and sleeping.