Chetan Bhagat Birthday
If you talk to the young indian generation about books, authors, and their influence, chetan bhagat is probably the name that will float around the most. Because the average indian youth has at least once in their youth picked up a book by Bhagat, only to love him or bash him.
Chetan Bhagat has polarising views among the young indian masses, where they either idolize him or downright degrade him. But no matter where you fall on the spectrum, Bhagat has emerged as one of the best-selling authors in the country, which has made the youth fall in love with reading again.
So, on the occasion of his 50th birthday, here are the five most popular books of the author that earned him his one-of-a-kind stature in the indian literary field.
2 States: The Story of My Marriage
A largely autobiographical novel by chetan bhagat, 2 States, as it is commonly called, is the story of how he met his wife, Anusha. Coming from two opposite states on the indian maps, the hardships they went through to convince each other’s families are the essence of the story of krish and Ananya.
Five Point Someone
The film is about three friends from IIT studying in the Mechanical department of the university, where five points is the average rank in the institute. Notably, Five Point Someone is the debut book of the author and has sold more than a million copies.
Revolution 2020: love, Corruption, Ambition
Bhagat brings three pressing concerns of middle-class families and youth, love, education, and corruption, to the center of this book to critique the corrupt educational system of the country that plays with the ambition of the young hearts while they navigate the initial feelings of love and relationships alongside their studies.
The 3 Mistakes of My Life
Bhagat has a flair to blend political tensions, individual ambitions, young dreams and ventures, and how life treats the youth in the indian ethos differently, with these values and beliefs influencing them. So he does in this book about three friends in ahmedabad trying to make it big with their passion, while several challenges await them.
Girl In Room 105
What appears to be a simple murder mystery, girl in Room 105, is shrouded in themes of social stereotypes and political issues of the country. The story follows a coaching tutor who goes to wish his ex-girlfriend her birthday, only to find her dead in her room.
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