I had borrowed "Two states- the story of my marriage" (on an exchange program :-)) from a friend and completed it in just two sittings this saturday. The book is good 268 pages thick , so dont undermine my achievement:-). And, yes, thats how captivating the book is.
Two states is the story of Ananya and Krish. It begins with how our protagonists meet in a B-school and fall in love with each other. Reading through their college life sprinkled with combined study sessions, late night phone calls to their families when STD rates are lower, gossip sessions et al. leaves you feeling nostalgic of the days gone by. The story then moves on to how they struggle to convince their respective in-laws particularly because Ananya is a tamilian and Krish, a punjabi. The chapters where Ananya's mother tries to emotionally blackmail her to marry a Tamilian well settled in US or the one where Krish's mother makes him forcefully meet eligible girls in Punjabi community seem so realistic and just right out there.
The book is no literary marter-piece, but the story has the right mix of romance and drama , that make this book a page turner. The characters come alive right from the opening paragraph and are woven so finely that anyone who has been to college will feel a connect with them. If you have been to an engineering college or alike or have had a stint at trying to convince your parents about the person you love, chances are that you will like reading this book.
Two states is the story of Ananya and Krish. It begins with how our protagonists meet in a B-school and fall in love with each other. Reading through their college life sprinkled with combined study sessions, late night phone calls to their families when STD rates are lower, gossip sessions et al. leaves you feeling nostalgic of the days gone by. The story then moves on to how they struggle to convince their respective in-laws particularly because Ananya is a tamilian and Krish, a punjabi. The chapters where Ananya's mother tries to emotionally blackmail her to marry a Tamilian well settled in US or the one where Krish's mother makes him forcefully meet eligible girls in Punjabi community seem so realistic and just right out there.
The book is no literary marter-piece, but the story has the right mix of romance and drama , that make this book a page turner. The characters come alive right from the opening paragraph and are woven so finely that anyone who has been to college will feel a connect with them. If you have been to an engineering college or alike or have had a stint at trying to convince your parents about the person you love, chances are that you will like reading this book.
A B-school life in any Indian B-school relates even better to the book's first half than engineering college life. Though it was a page turner in the beginning, towards the end it became slow (IMHO). Still it has an excellent mix of various masala elements and prolly we will see another movie on it as has been for other Chetan Bhagat books.
ReplyDeleteYup.. May be I need to experience life in a B-school before I can relate to what you are saying :-)
ReplyDeleteEveryone fancies, being a part of B-schools is definitely a "been there.." kind of experience. You cant be even close to beating the experince that these guys have to share when you assert that you been through a hostel life back in your engineering days.
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