It was the time when Chetan baghat's Two State was released almost a couple of months ago I believe. I was hearing mixed reviews - the for Chetan Bhagat group who vouched the book has to be read and the anti Chetan Bhagat group which compared other Indian authors to CB's literature is of no standards.
But to me CB's book releases are like awaiting for one of those anticipated movie releases. I started reading this book after couple of my friends recommendation. I truly liked every bit of Two States. It is like a complete entertainer to me.
After reading it I'm whole heartedly recommending it to everyone. A couple of my friends who are never into the habit of reading books have borrowed my copy.
It was fun discussing the happenings in the book with my friends since most of them have moved to Chennai from various parts of North India and one specific friend who is a Punjabi .. It was total fun to hear their part of coming and settling in Chennai and how much they relate to the way they initially felt in this land of idly, sambar, vada..
I would rate it much better than 3 mistakes of my life and a little above 5 point some one, the other 2 writings of CB's that I have read.
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I read this one when I was heading back home from last vacation. Hilarious and enjoyed it very much as I was able to correlate a lot from real life experiences shared by my friends.
interesting book..
i'll remember to buy it when i come to India next month.
I completele agree! Loved the book! :)
brilliant book.. a must read. 269 pages of pure unadulterated entertainment.. and must say, after reading the book, i totally fell in love with ananya swaminathan.. ;)
Definitely Five point someone made to read books. But I could read only half of 2states. I don't like the story and how they are claiming it as a love story?
Thanks for reminding me. I think that it is time for me to buy this book :)
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@Antony
Yea its been a while since i read the book but jus' had too many things going on so couldn't make this post earlier.
@Diana
Nice :) It s the correlation that we make that makes the read interesting.
@Vasanthan
Ah! Great :)
@Akanksha
Hi 5 ! loved it too :)
@Karthik
Unadulterated fun ! Absolutely :) No wonder you feel in love with the chracter I have a few friends in class as well who fall into that category.
@natrajan
I completely go by the fact that it is a love story .. I otherwise cannot think into any other genre the book can be classified into.
@Naina
Ah! you should grab a copy soon :) Thank for dropping by my blog, will visit your soon - guess it would be the first time I ll be visiting a fashion blog :)
follow CB in twitter ! you will enjoy his tweets :)
@Sriram
Sure will do that :)
i agree.. i'm not into reading books.. but i picked up my friend's copy at 8 am casually, and finished it in 10 straight hours; no showering nothing.. was engrossing!
@VK
Nice to know that :) This book keeps one totally glued :)
Thank for dropping by my blog, will visit your soon!
Hey. Yeah I know this is a really late reply but you know I just had to do it since you mention me in the blog ;)
Its like a memoir about my initial few days in Chennai penned down by Bhagat. Brilliant work by him and there is a beauty in the simplicity of his work. And that is literary genius in itself(however much you highbrows might disagree).
And great work Shals. Keep it going.
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