2 States… The Story of my Marriage.. And it is in "quite a NORMAL state…"

2 States - The story of my marriage is a new novel by Chetan Bhagat. The famous IIT IIM writer who weaved magic in 5 point some one- what not to do in IIT. The magic was so intense that I being a non novel reader read that novel in 2 days flat. Yes. That was the intensity with which he wrote his first novel. Then came the One night at call center. Which was also interesting. But had a less intensity compared to his first.. 5 point someone.. After that came the most boring novel from him. 3 mistakes of my life. I think I completed that novel in 3 months time. I expected Chetan would have known this;-) And was waiting eagerly for his next improved novel.

I was not disappointed fully though. 2 states is a decent novel. And it is about a couple from different states who convince their parents who are against their marriage and then finally they agree to marry. This plot is not at all new to Tamil or infact Indian Audience. Right from Kadaluku Mariathai (Tamil) or Doli Saja ke Rakhna (Hindi) times we are used to these kind of stories.

So this is not an interesting or a new plot. As all his stories are written either with a unique plot or in a climax mode. For example in 3 mistakes he would have used the Gujarat riots as a plot. That does not mean we are always against the used to kind of plots. There are so many movies coming with similar plot and some even make it big. Why? That is because it depends on how it is written and directed. In a novel that’s the way it is written.

The story starts with Krish (Delhi) and Annanya (Chennai) in the IIMA Mess and ends in a Hospital where Annanya gives birth to twins. What happened with in this is the novel. How they got married? How they started to love each other and how they convinced their parents to accept their Love for each other.. Etc... Etc... Is given in this 269 page novel. That’s the story in 4 lines.

So now we come to the way he wrote it. I would say.. There are some genuine laughs packed in a few places through out the novel. I literally closed the book and laughed for a while and then continued to read.
Just an example for you from the novel.

“I cleared my throat and finally gathered the courage to ask. ‘Where’s Annanya?’
Uncle looked up in shock as if I had asked him where he kept his porn collection.

Figure out the scene yourself or read the novel.

And I should mention the English has also improved in this book. I felt I did not know meaning for one or two words in it. Although I figured the meaning by reading the line.

At one point after reading half of the novel the story becomes predictable and boaring. I think that’s where the story slips off your mind. He has tried to capture the difference between the 2 states and sometimes he tends to bully Tamils and sometimes the Punjabis. So we can’t say he is totally criticized Tamils or Tamil Nadu. That’s why his novel is still selling around the country.

One point which I noticed which could have been avoided is the use of offensive language in Tamil. There are some genuine Tamil Bad words written fully and clearly. That could have been censored.

Just to add more spice:
The story 2 states is inspired by Chetan’s own life. Chetan did his MBA from IIMA and loved and married a Chennai girl by name Anusha who was his IIMA classmate. They have twin boys now. He was working in a multinational Bank. But now left his job for writing.

My rating for this book would be 3/5 and that 3 will be fully for the genuine laughs which the writer gives to the reader. And do read this book. It sells just for 95 rupees. And I am very sure it is well a worth for that money. Also read 5 point some one. As that is being adapted in the movie 3 Idiots and is going to be released this Christmas.
One night @ call center has been already adopted in the Hindi film Hello.

Enjoy reading and  watching movies guys.. those are the gifts worth enjoying and they which will never let you go..

I will post one more interesting information about Chetan in sometime.

Follow Chetan on Twitter by name chetan_bhagat He is an interesting person.
And his website is http://www.chetanbhagat.com/
Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_states
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Cheers Guys.. See U later....