Natchathiravaasigal or the Residents of Stars is a new novel by Karthik Balasubramanian, that portrays the life of a generation working in Information Technology companies, whose lives are exoticised by those outside the bubble. Like any new change this boom has brought with itself many complexities and confusions, and the insecurity present in jobs, families, society is among the most obvious of them. The novel speaks of how men are still ancient creatures living among the modernities of today.
