When I read the back cover of 2 States, there was no suspense left of course, about the theme or the story, but well, the book was certainly highly entertaining. Of the earlier books of Chetan Bhagat, I had enjoyed 5 Point Someone and had trashed the 3 mistakes of my life as well as 1 night @ the call center... I know this is digressing, but just happened to realise, that all his works have some number in them..ah well, he still has the number 4 before he finishes 5 books. :-)
Anyway, coming back to the book 2 states, its a hackneyed plot of a beautiful and smart girl Ananya and an obviously not so stupid guy, Krish. If you remember the 5 point some protagonist, well that’s him, now continuing at IIMA. They fall in love at IIM and decide to get married. Well, that’s where the fun starts. Ananya comes from a conservative Tamilian background and Krish is a Punjabi with a Mom having flamboyant ambitions for her prize son. Ananya's parents want her to marry the virtuous Tamilian geek from Cisco, whereas Krish's mom wants him to marry Pummy auntijis daughter who'll inherit 3 petrol pumps!
Of course, they brave all the odds, with Krish, making a his prospective Mother-in- law a singer in a public concert, helping Dad-in-law with MS PowerPoint, and Ananya saves Rajji Mamas daughter's wedding from getting wrecked by demanding samdhijis etc etc! The wooing of the respective in-laws I guess, is more difficult than wooing the girl/guy itself in India!
Chetan Bhagat certainly has done well in his quest to be 'India's most loved writer'.. He certainly doesn’t write great literary works, but he definitely entertains.
Hay .... you just gave the story away !!! anyways was expecting more in the review than the story ..... am just in process of reading it ...
ReplyDeleteAs said above .. here's my take on the book
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The book is like a south Indian Meals or North Indian Thali. Dramatic turns, Cinematic situations, Love, College Life, Parents, Family, Celebrations, Excitement, Disappointment, Spirituality. There is every ingredient in this book that is required to make a good reading
ReplyDeletenice thought of u . .
ReplyDeletethat's an interesting observation - that CB has a number on all his books. his latest has it too - Revolution 2020 !!
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