2 States

Genre: Fiction
Writer: Chetan Bhagat

Finally the author has come up with something that will ring a bell with all Indians. The cultural differences in a our single country is so huge that we could write volumes about it. If you have a nice sense of humour you could put some laughter in those volumes too.

That's the USP of this book. Its witty and sarcastic, something that is very difficult to achieve when you are writing a book. The story about Krish Malhotra who falls for his IIMA classmate Ananya Swamintahan is probably the story that could be enacted anywhere. Punjabis vs Madrasis - there is no dearth of humour. How this couple finally get the two sides of the nation on a single platform is what the book is all about. That is all that exists to the story. The climax is too predictable and almost ruined my read but I will still recommend this book for the remaining part. The conversations are hilarious and more so because they are day-to-day conversations. We always hear those remarks around us. Some get offended, some take it with a pinch of salt.

Chetan Bhagat has got his statistics right, the book is a very small one and costs much less than most of the books in this genre. So people who don't usually read would lap it up too. I, personally, have never liked anything apart from 'Five Point Someone' but this one is good. Its an Indian writer showing us a mirror and teaching us to laugh at our idiosyncrasies......have a good laugh!