2 states (The story of my marriage)

2 states (The story of my marriage) Book Description

Chetan Bhagat latest book '2 States' is about a boy and girl from two different states of India, who fall in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don't agree. What happens next is what the book is about. From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another witty tale - 2 states - about inter-community marriages in modern india.
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?

About the author

Date of Birth: 22 April 1974 Education: B.Tech Mechanical IIT (1995); MBA IIM (The Best Outgoing Student) (1997)

Chetan Bhagat is the author of three blockbuster novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night at the Call Center (2005) and The Three Mistakes of My life (2008). All the three books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the 'the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history.' Seen more as a youth icon than just an author, this IIT D/ IIMA graduate is making India read like never before. His writing style is largely similar in all the first 3 novels. However, it is seen that the seriousness of the novels gradually went on increasing. Each novel has the basic character set. The Protagonist is a very normal kind of boy whom any Indian teenager can easily relate to. He is moderate in terms of thoughts and views and is not to assertive. However the agnostic stance of the Lead character in Three mistake is an exception. Besides, a special importance to sex is given in each of his books. The friends of the Protagonist are also of very common nature. The girls in the novels are shown in virtual bondage by their respective families. Yet even the girls can be easily compared to an average Indian girl. Thus, the novel has no weird characters and is really set in a typical Indian setting. The characters are all typical neighbourhood characters and this is what makes the novels a success. Chetan also writes op-ed columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development based issues. Many of the issues raised by Chetan’s columns have been discussed in Parliament and among the top leadership of the country. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009, to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. He lives in Mumbai with his wife Anusha, an ex-classmate from IIMA and his twin boys Shyam and Ishaan.

Chetan Bhagat's Favorite Books and what makes them special to Him -

• Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger -- It is the classic teenage voice book. The feelings of the protagonist and his anger get under your skin and stay with you.
• Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid -- This book, by a writer of Pakistani origin is wonderfully written, and one of the few that talks about modern, present-day issues for the new generation in Pakistan. It is strikingly relevant to India too.
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy -- This book is very well known for the richness of its characters and emotions. However, as an engineer, I also see Ms. Roy's architecture background contributing structure to the story. She has done a wonderful job at weaving the story together, which is told non-sequentially. Very hard to do this well, and she has done it.
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller -- Very funny. The humor is top class and the fact that the name became a accepted English phrase tells you what impact it has had.
• English August by Upmanyu Chatterjee -- The IAS officer's story is again extremely funny and very Indian.

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By pratibha, 12/01/2010 12:04:55

Nice book.............I'd like to read another part also.....................2 States(Part 2)

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By balaji, 11/01/2010 10:35:05

I already made a review

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