"I don't read books" would be my prompt answer in the column of information in my profiles of all the social-networking sites.I had given the same answer even in my blog profile.I must find time to change it immediately.
The reason is that I've nurtured the habit of reading books and it is real fun.This miracle happened when I was wading through the folders in my computer and I found an e-book titled "2 States:The story of my marriage by Chetan Bhagat". I've heard about this young author and his best-sellers but haven't read any of his creations.
Bollywood block-buster movie "3 Idiots" was based on Chetan Bhagat's 2004 novel "Five point someone:What not to do at IIT".His various other novels are 'One Night @ the call center","The 3 mistakes of my life" released in 2005 and 2008 respectively.This young creator has graduated from prestigious institutions,IIT-Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad.
"2 States:The story of my marriage" is the story based on his life.The title conveys an obvious meaning that he loved a girl from an another state and succeeded in marrying her.
The first page in the book mentions the following fact:
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 loves the boy.Boy's family loves the girl.
Girl's family loves boy's family.Boy's family loves girl's family.
Girl and boy still love each other. They get married.
The protagonists are Krish Malhotra,a Punjabi boy who pushes himself into IIM-A after a hectic life at IIT-D and Ananya Swaminathan,a Tamilian girl from a conservative Brahmin family who makes it to IIM-A after completing her degree in economics.Ananya is rated as the best looking girl in IIM-A and Krish gets to meet her first at the canteen and wins her friendship by saving her from a quarrel with the kitchen staff.
The story moves on as their 'just-friends' relationship reaches higher levels and finally they fall for each other.They start doing night studies 'together' and they do the 'you-know-what' thing as most lovers do.Krish and Ananya are madly in love with each other.Ananya wants her parents to be happy over their marriage and so does Krish. So they decide to marry only with their parents' permission.Two long years pass by and the placements in IIM are round the corner.Krish must find a job to make sure he doesn't miss Ananya.
Krish gets his job in Citibank and Ananya lands in Hindustan Lever Limited(HLL).Krish and Ananya wanted to make sure their parents' first meeting during their convocation ceremony ends up sweet but what happens is the other way round.
Krish's mom is not fond of South Indians because they're black and ugly-looking and she wants only a Punjabi to be her daughter-in-law because you get many 'surprise' gifts in a Punjabi marriage.Her thoughts are very narrow and her loose-talks can instantly get the other person's BP rising.
Ananya's mom and dad are typical South Indian brahmin parents who want their daughter to be married to someone from their community and if the boy is in an overseas job,they are double-happy.
Krish and Ananya have to do a lot of things to convince their conservative parents.Krish tries and luckily gets his first posting at Chennai where Ananya is housed....
Hey wait,I guess this is a book review.. Then why in the world am I narrating the whole story to you guys.I'm seriously and completely engrossed in it...That is a characteristic of a good book.
So let me wrap it up.. Then how Krish manages to convince Ananya's parents and how Ananya wins the hearts of Krish's relatives form the crux of the story.Whether they join hands and marry or not forms the climax of the story...
The story is narrated in a very simple language that even a layman understands and the flow of events is well controlled by the author and that keeps your eyes glued to the book.
Verdict:This book is worth a read more than once.
To my readers:
This is my first book review.So please leave your comments based on which I can improve my writing.
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