2 States – Book Review

Book Name – 2 States
Author – Chetan Bhagat
Publishers – Rupa & Co
Price (India): Paperback Rs 65 (Flipkart)

Well, once again an entertainer from Chetan Bhagat. It is always fun to read his books, especially his art of telling stories, the Indianized way

 

2 States

The synopsis of the book says,

“Love marriages around the world are simple:

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. 

They get married.

In India, there are a few more steps:

Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy. 

Girl’s family has to love boy. Boy’s family has to love girl. 

Girl’s Family has to love Boy’s Family. Boy’s family has to love girl’s family.

Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.

Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they make it? From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern India.”

 

You will be glued to the book till you reach the last page. The ending is quite known but still the twists and turns are interesting.

In this book, Chetan has covered the college life and work life issues, similar to other novels. 

As most of the reviews say, he has quite explored (exploited) South Indian culture…

The story reminds me of Abhiyum Naanum (Tamil Movie). It has a similar plot. Did Chetan saw Abhiyum Naanum and then wrote this book???

The story is very funny, just wanted to know what happened after…oops sorry I dont want to open the plot

I am sure you would enjoy the book like how I did.

Do enter your comments, of course after reading the book…

Watch the teaser HERE.

The 3 Mistakes of My Life – Book Review

• Book Name – The 3 Mistakes of My Life
• Author – Chetan Bhagat
• Pages – 206
• Publishers – Rupa & Co
• Price (India): Rs 95 (Rs 71.25 here – Indiaplaza * Hindu Site)

One main thing that will entice you to buy and read this book- The 3 Mistakes of My Life (t3mom) is that it is a “Chetan Bhagat“’s novel…well he tries to keep your enchanted throughout the book

As in other two novels, Chetan also is a part of this novel and he hears the story from a different person and makes it as a novel (not sure how much of the story is true… )

Once again he has written about students (his other book on students was Five Point Someone) and has well-knit the story around them

If you are a Cricket lover, you will really enjoy this book. As usual there are three friends in this story, the entire story is narrated by one of the friends.

This book can also be a suggested read for Entrepreneurs and people who want to start a business with partnership. Chetan describes in simple terms on how to choose a location for your business, how to negotiate with the wholesalers, how and when to expand your business, how to deal with profits, accounting practices and to “expect the unexpected” – that is how to deal with losses.

These three friends start a business as partners…followed by various incidents which helps them to realize their dream. This movie covers cricket, business, religion and of course love

Well, let me not uncover the story entirely, it would be great if you can buy this book and read It is a very short book (and cheap also… 95 INR only), I am sure you can read it in 2 to 3 hours at a stretch…

Somehow I felt that his writing has turned from Actual Story to Cinematic one. I guess he has started writing his novels for movies This book is more like a filmy one…

Happy Reading

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