This document contains a book review of Chetan Bhagat's novel "Two States" submitted by Pratik Bhushan. It first provides background on the author, noting he was born in 1974 in New Delhi to a Punjabi family and has authored 5 best-selling books. The review then summarizes the novel as telling the story of a Tamil girl and Punjabi boy who face difficulties convincing their parents to approve of their inter-state marriage. It concludes by praising the book for its message of nationalism and emphasis on family in marriage while striking a chord with India's youth.
2. About the Author: Chetan Bhagat
He born on 22nd April 1974
He born in New Delhi in a punjabi family
He studied in IIT and IIM
Came up with 5 best-sellers books until now
3. Writing Styles and Achivements
Simple with Vivid Story Telling
All his Books have a numbers in his Title
“The best selling English language novelist in India’s history”.
He writes Coloums for news papers
He quitted his banking career in 2009
4. What is 2 States about?
It is the story about a couple coming from two different
states in India
They face hardships in convincing their parents to approve
of their marriage
This story focuses on the love story of a Tamil girl, Ananya,
and a Punjabi boy, Krish
This is the second Chetan Bhagat book based largely on his
life
5. Book Review:
The book is very apposite for the present scenario of the
Indian society
The author here aims at propagating a feeling of
nationalism among the people.
The author, a North Indian meets a
young, talented, charming beauty at the IIM-A hostel mess.
She was fretting over the bad food provided there. The
author offers her his sweet dish which she takes without any
reluctance.
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Together, they proceed for a restaurant, which marks the
commencement of a friendship that gradually turns into
affection.
This bond of love shared by the two of them then has to be
converted into an alliance, an everlasting relationship, that is,
a marital bond.
The book describes as to how the two of them struggle hard
in convincing each other’s family to accept this interstate
marriage.
After a lot of endeavors, finally the two of them succeed.
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Chennai and Delhi are finally subjugated by the one word
that links the two cities, that is India.
Yes, Indianness is above the divisions of state that we have
imposed upon ourselves.
It also emphasizes upon the fact that a marriage is not just
about connecting two souls together but it also ties a knot
between two families.
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For both of them, a smile on the faces of their near and dear
ones was essential. They wanted all of them to be happy.
The book strikes a chord with the youth of India.
In spite of the many encumbrances in life, one should not
give up but face the impediments that come our way.
This is life; it is not a bed of roses indeed.
The feeling of contentment which follows the success is great.
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Feeling of accomplishment, which succeeds, is immense.
It overshadows all other feelings.
It is this great feeling that dawned upon Krish and Ananya
after their marriage. They live happily ever after. Later,
Ananya gives birth to baby twins.
The hospital authorities ask to which state the children should
belong, provided the fact that the two parents belong to
different states.
Krish replies that the children belong neither to Chennai or
Delhi but to a much bigger state, India.