A Story well narrated

Recently I received an E-Book version of Chetan Bhagat’s latest “2 states-the story of my marriage, from a colleague at work. After my tryst with Bhagat’s first novel “Five point someone”, I wasn’t all that keen on reading this particular book. Being a fan serious plot weavers like Brown, Forsythe, Ludlum I had found his work a little amateur.

But I was in for a pleasant surprise with “2 states”. The novel takes a look at the life (more precisely-love life) of the protagonist Krish Malhotra. It starts off with an unusual beginning with Krish at a psychiatrist’s office, having been sent there for a session with the Psychiatrist, as he’s been “GOOGLING” on ways to commit suicide. The reason being, his recent break-up with his long time girlfriend Ananya Swaminathan. We are taken on walk down the memory lane of Krish, next follows a typical Hindi movie style love story of Krish and Ananya at IIMA Ahmadabad-guy loves girl, girl loves boy but the parents don’t approve the match owing to the difference in caste (in this case the Punjabi-Tamilian differences).With a never give up attitude, Krish flies down to Chennai for his Citibank posting with his mind set to win over Ananya’s parents hearts. He succeeds and gets back to Delhi with Ananya in tow to execute the second half of the plan of Ananya winning over Krish’s mom. They succeed yet once again and decide to have a common holiday with their families so that the families can get to know each other better. The holiday turns into a fiasco when Krish’s mom insults Ananya’s parents and Ananya breaks up with Krish. The rest is for the reader to find out from the novel.

Bhagat shows a definite improvement with his new work, humor being an integral part of it. The humor is in the right amount and at the right juncture thus ensuring a good laugh.

I would recommend it to all serious plot followers as a light, one time read. I wouldn’t call it a must read but it is good enough to be read at least once.