Vivek is 17, and as every middle-class family in India would attest, it is high time he was enrolled in coaching classes for the notoriously competitive entrance exams of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Vivek’s father, who sees an IIT degree as a moral certificate, ships his only son off to a residential preparatory school in Kota, the Mecca for IIT coaching. Over two years, Vivek goes through the motions of Indian adolescence, but it is his parents who do the growing up.

Vivek tem 17 anos e, como toda família de classe média na Índia atestaria, já é hora de ele se matricular em aulas de coaching para os notoriamente competitivos exames de admissão dos Institutos Indianos de Tecnologia (IITs). O pai de Vivek, que vê um diploma do IIT como um certificado moral, envia seu único filho para uma escola preparatória residencial em Kota, a Meca do treinamento do IIT. Ao longo de dois anos, Vivek vive os movimentos da adolescência indiana, mas são seus pais que fazem o crescimento.

เรื่องราวที่เกิดขึ้นในยุค 90 ของวิเวก เด็กหนุ่มวัย 17 ปี ผู้ต้องจากบ้านไปเข้าโรงเรียนกวดวิชาติวเข้ม เพื่อลงสนามสอบเข้าสถาบันเทคโนโลยีแห่งอินเดียที่แข่งขันกันอย่างดุเดือด