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Sunday, October 11, 2009

2 states: the story of my marriage


Author: Chetan Bhagat

Krish confesses to Ananya that he wants to be a writer who tells stories that are fun, but bring about change too; and sure enough Chetan (on whose life this book is also based on) has done the same till now with his witty tales which has made India read like never before. Having followers who mostly fall under the first time reader cadre, Chetan uses the curiosity factor of the common man who will die to read any tiny gossip column on celebrities, to openly share his life, treading on a path which dangerously borders cliché and boredom to pull off another successful book solely based on the lines he uses which mysteriously makes us engaged even though we get the main story and some of the sub plots (like how his father is going to be his saviour and so on) and also what message (yes! we have a message here!!) he is going to tell us, at the beginning itself.

Having such diverse readers, Chetan fully realizes his reach and offers something for everyone to relate to and not stopping, plays with it to create witty humours around it; like how he proclaims the tininess of Ananya’s mole near her lips has nothing to do with the space it occupies in his thoughts and how it figuratively displays a full stop when he wants to kiss her.

From the teaser to the prologue which vehemently tells this is all about how two communities faces difficulties to understand each other and when you start to realize half way through, that it is going to end like this and as the fan inside you feels sad as to why resort to cliché for preaching people that we should unite as a nation to great extent, that Krish himself makes fun of the line that they need to make love only for the sake of uniting the nation, he springs up a surprise when Ananya father says, “it’s not about communities. It’s about the kind of people we want to be with”.

Staying true to the disclaimers in his acknowledgment, Chetan shares with us a detailed study on Madrasi(as used in the book), from their affinity to The Hindu even in a marriage hall with the remark – they loved knowledge irrespective of whether they ever used it; to the tough notes in “minsara kanna” song of ‘Padayappa’; to discussing the freedom and aura of woman in south from north Indian point of view in harsh way with reference to Sridevi and Jayalalitha and he uses the funniest situations to establish his characters, like how Ananya, while tearing a piece of chicken leg, explains to Krish about the cultural values of her community and of krish’s as he tells to leave the price tags on the gifts.

13 comments:

  1. Very nice review you have written. I am goin to buy the novel today. I like the people who don't reveal the whole story in their review. Really nice attempt You have taken. Keep writing.
    :)

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  2. I am not a big fan of Chetan Bhagat.
    Anyways, you have written a nice review of the book.

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  3. I'm still to read a book by Chetan Bhagat.. gonna get Five point someone from a friend in a few days.. just waiting for the exams to finish :)
    btw, nice review :)

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  4. its advisable to read 5point some1 1st and read this book.. as this is an extension of that book :)

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  5. hey good one :) waiting to read the book... doesnt matter if its cliched as long as there's his humour with a little romance thrown in ;)

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  6. Harish, I like your review as it is detailed and gives the readers pointers. Mine was snappetty-snippetty, as per the requirements of Open magazine. Did you get a chance to read my conversation with Chetan Bhagat where he confessed his books are "not that great"... http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/books/my-books-are-not-that-great

    :)
    Best,
    Arindam Mukherjee

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  7. @ Mr.Arindam thank you for coming over here to give your opinion :)

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  8. I purchase the book today and have read a few paras at random... Your review has whetted my appetite some more :)

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  9. i want to read the book, i m in belgium...
    dying to read it.. post e-book link plz

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  10. Hi,

    I have read the book and feel it is much better than earlier two books. It is a nice take and all his books make the people who never read grab a book for more than 10-15 minutes.

    Thanks

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  11. Reading the book was like watching a mediocre bollywood movie. The stereotypes were too cliched. It was not in good light to show a supposedly traditional Tamil Brahmin girl eating meat and drinking, especially in the restaurant in front of her parents. That was sooo unbelievable. Otherwise, the book was average. For 95 rupees, it is quite ok. Also, since it is semi autobiographical, it was inbad taste to show his wife's character as a bit of a liberated woman who lived wiht him before marriage.

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  12. Download the Book from here

    http://zbook.zolute.com/index.php?/topic/3617-2-states-by-chetan-bhagat/

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  13. the story is great.Ananya a character of the book has become my ideal.

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