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Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat (Hindi: चेतन भगत) (born 22 April 1974), is an author of Indian origin, popular columnist and an eminent speaker.
Chetan Bhagat is the author of four bestseller novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008) & 2 States (2009).
All four books have remained bestsellers since their release and two have inspired Bollywood films (including the popular film 3 Idiots).
In 2008, The New York Times called Chetan ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history.’[1] Seen more as a youth icon than just an author[2], thisIndian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi/ IIM Ahmedabad graduate is making India read like never before. Time Magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.[3]. Chetan also favoured the forming of a system similar to the Lokpal as early as January 2011 through his artcles.[4]
Chetan writes op-ed columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers such as Times of India, Dainik Bhaskar etc., focusing on youth and issues based on national development.[5] Many of the issues raised by Chetan’s columns have been discussed in Parliament and among the top leadership of the country. Chetan is also a popular Motivational Speaker and has given talks in leading MNC’s and other Institutions.[6][7] [8] He quit his international investment banking career in 2009, to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country. Chetan lives in Mumbai with his wife Anusha Bhagat, an ex-classmate from IIM Ahmedabad, and his twin boys Shyam and Ishaan.
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Early Life
[edit]Background
Chetan was born in New Delhi to a typical middle class Punjabi family. His father was in the army and his mother was a government employee in the agricultural department. He has a younger sibling named Ketan Bhagat who works with Oracle in Mumbai.
Chetan’s education was mostly in Delhi. He attended the Army Public School (1978–1991), Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi and then studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Delhi (1991–1995).
He graduated from the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Ahmedabad (1995–1997), where he was named “The Best Outgoing Student”. After graduation he worked as an investment banker in Hong Kong. He had been working in Hong Kong for 9 years before shifting to Mumbai to pursue his passion for writing. He has written 4 books so far and all of them have remained bestsellers till date.[10] Some of his books are said to be inspired from difficulties he encountered in his own life.
[edit]Marriage and family
It is widely believed that 2 States, even though classified as fiction, is essentially inspired by Chetan’s own marriage. When he was a student at IIM Ahmedabad he fell in love with a fellow student, Anusha Suryanarayan who is a Tamilian. They married, with their parents’ consent, in 1998. Later they moved to Hong Kong and were working there. Now based in Mumbai, Chetan is focusing on his successful writing career. Chetan and Anusha are the parents of twin sons – Shyam and Ishaan.
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The Term Paper on Indian Book Retail Industry
The Indian book retail industry is estimated to be over Rs 3,000 crore, out of which organised retail accounts for only 7 per cent. The industry is expected to grow by approximately 15 per cent a year. Book retail contributes only about 1 per cent to the overall retail industry. Text and curriculum books account for about 50 per cent of the sales. Second-hand books are also a big chunk of the book ...
Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT! is a 2004 novel written by Chetan Bhagat, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. This was his debut novel. It is one of the highest sellingEnglish novel published in India[citation needed], and remained on the bestseller list until now since its release in 2004, tied along withother novels by Chetan Bhagat[citation needed]. This novel was entirely typed by Bhagat on Microsoft Word in the font- Garamondwhich he stated in the novel itself. This book has received an overall positive review and is regarded as a “classic”
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Synopsis
The novel is set in the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in the period 1991 to 1995. It is about the adventures of three mechanical engineering students (and friends), Hari Kumar (the narrator), Ryan Oberoi, and Alok Gupta, who fail to cope with the grading system of the IITs. Ryan is a bit smart and outspoken, whereas Alok and Hari are mildly cry babies. The three hostelmates – Alok, Hari and Ryan get off to a bad start in IIT – they screw up the first class quiz. And while they try to make amends, things only get worse. It takes them a while to realize: If you try and screw with the IIT system, it comes back to double screw you. Before they know it, they are at the lowest echelons of IIT society. They have a five-point-something GPA out of ten, ranking near the bottom of their classes.
The book is narrated in the first person by Hari, with some small passages by his friends Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by Hari’s girlfriend Neha Cherian. It deals with the lives of the three friends whose elation on making it to one of the best engineering colleges in India is quickly deflated by the rigor and monotony of academic work. Most of the book deals with the numerous attempts by the trio to cope with and/or beat the system as well as Hari’s fling with Neha who just happens to be the daughter of Prof. Cherian, the domineering head of the Mechanical Engineering Department. Their most important attempt was “C2D” (Cooperate to Dominate).
While the tone of the novel is humorous, it takes some dark turns every now and then, especially when it comes to the families of the protagonists. Most of the action, however, takes place inside the campus as the boys, led by the ever creative Ryan, frequently lamenting how the internationally lauded IIT system has stifled their creativity by forcing them to value grades more than anything else. Uninspiring teaching and numerous assignments add to their woes, though the boys do find a sympathizer in Prof. Veera, the newfluid mechanics professor.
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Every play written uses dramatic elements. The main dramatic elements are plot, character, theme, and language. Lillian Hellman, who wrote the Little Foxes, incorporates these elements beautifully in her play. The play is set during the spring of 1900 and takes place in the Deep South part of the United States of America. Just as every other play, the Little Foxes has included the dramatic ...
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[edit]Translation
This book has been translated into Hindi and is published by Prabhat Prakash.[1] It set a record by being purchased by 30,000 people in one month, and has gone on to become a top seller in Hindi.[2]
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[edit]Film adaptation
This book was made into two films, 3 Idiots in Hindi and Nanban in Tamil. The names of the characters and attributes of the characters were changed.
* Hari Kumar = Farhan Qureshi (played by R.Madhavan) – The narrator of the story, a young college going student who loves photography and is being forced by his parents to become an engineer. Hari’s background (as acknowledged in one chapter of the book) was not elaborated upon. However, Hari seemed to be auto-biographical and the “Krish” character in Chetan Bhagat’s “2 States” (who apparently continues on from the Hari character) would provide greater details about Hari’s background.
* Ryan Oberoi = Ranchoddas Shamaldas Chanchad (Rancho)/Phunsukh Wangdu (played by Aamir Khan) – A young, energetic and supposedly wealthy (in reality, a poor) college going student who believes engineering is his passion. Though Rancho wants to be an engineer, he leans more towards inventing rather than seeking for a job in an MNC unlike his other college-mates. According to him, one’s profession should be something he or she loves doing, irrespective of how much it pays. He also keeps stating throughout the film that one should run after excellence, not after success. There are many significant differences between the Ryan and Ranchod characters, both in their background and attitudes.
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1. Does the Odysseus of these books seem different in character from the Odysseus of Books V - XII? If so, why? In the books 5 to 12 Odysseus' character does not really undergo any transitions from one facet to another. Odysseus still carries the same attributes and traits right through to the end of the story. It is, however, evident in book 22, when Odysseus takes his revenge upon the suitors, ...
* Alok Gupta = Raju Rastogi (played by Sharman Joshi) – A young and insecure college going student who isn’t confident enough to deal with problems in life all by himself and always relies on God. Raju’s only mission in life is to pull his family out of poverty and improve their economic status. This character is very similar to the one in the book.
* Prof Cherian = Viru Sahastrabuddhe (played by Boman Irani) – A hugely competitive, efficient, strict and disciplined man who has been running the Imperial College of Engineering for the last three decades. He believes that life is a race, the ones who are not efficient about work and time get crushed. Viru has a greater role at the college when compared to Prof Cherian.
* Neha Cherian = Pia Sahastrabuddhe (played by Kareena Kapoor) – A young, beautiful, eccentric doctor and Rancho’s love interest. This is a departure from the book, because in the book, she was Hari’s girlfriend. Also, while Pia and Ranchod finally end up together, Neha and Hari break up.
* Venkat = Chatur Ramalingam (played by Omi Vaidya) – A competitive, studious south indian college student who believes mugging is the only way to excellence and also believes that there is no time for creativity and innovation in the turbulent and competitive race of life. Venkat has a small role in the book, while Chatur is one of the major characters in the movie.
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[edit]Awards
* Society Young Achiever’s Award (2004)
* The Publisher’s Recognition Award (2005)
* It was adapted into a play by the theatre company “evam” which took it on a national tour in India in 2010.
