2 STATES- Quick View

Some say life becomes JOLLY and CHEERFUL when you love someone, but no one has ever told what after love??? That’s because they don’t want to panic you.

Most love stories have this sort of pattern:

BOY LOVES GIRL. GIRL LOVES BOY. THEY GET MARRIED.

But if you are in India, its not as simple. Here I present the quick preview on Chetan Bhagat’s fourth novel 2 STATES which will give a full view of life after love stories are to be turned into marriage in INDIA  and especially when the love is from two different states. Yes, in India you certainly have to follow some easy looking steps as described by Chetan Bhagat which aren’t that easy.

STEP1: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.

STEP2: Girl’s family has to love boy. Boy’s family has to love girl.

STEP3: Girl’s family has to love boy’s family. Boy’s family has to love girl’s family.

STEP4: Girl and boy still love each other. They get married finally!!

This is the flow in which the story flows. I will give a quick view on each step presented in the novel. So lets start with first step.

STEP1: Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.

One of the most difficult part seen by one who loves someone here is not that difficult. Boy(KRISH) meets girl(ANANYA) in the cafetarea of IIMA, have friendship and then they fall in love. They have all fun in the two years. But they have fallen so deeply in love. Now they need to marry. The problem starts here, as they need to convince their parents. Actually the parents wouldn’t have mind if both of them might be of same cast, but the problem is 2 different STATES(Krish from PUNJAB and Ananya from TAMILNADU), 2 different  PEOPLE, 2 different CULTURE. Its not easy to mix both. Our couple thinks its easy so they call their parents on convocation day so that they cant talk about their relationship. But its all get messed up and doesn’t work at all. So they have to follow step 2.

STEP2: Girl’s family has to love boy. Boy’s family has to love girl.

Here you will see two different cultures being represented so well by Chetan Bhagat. First our boy tries to convince girl’s family. But it takes him 6 months to do so. First he impresses his brother-in-law, then father-in-law and finally mother-in-law. The most impressive part is that he proposes the whole family to marry him, after all that’s what we call marriage in INDIA. We don’t only marry a girl but also her family. In these six months our boy has to face a lot of trouble due to his new job, new location, new food and new relation (with girl’s family). But all ends well with boy succeeding in convincing girl’s parents.

Now it was time for our girl to impress the boy’s parents. But she has only one week to do so. Here comes the entry of typical punjabi maa. Our has to face more than what our hero faced. It was not easy to convince maa. But she not only has to convince her, there are lot more relatives related. Well the chance arrives at a marriage ceremony where she sorts out some problems between the two parties. From that day everybody liked Ananya. So finally there was YES from our punjabi maa.

Well you might be thinking, that yes all is done. Now they can marry. But now comes the most difficult part.

STEP3: Girl’s family has to love boy’s family. Boy’s family has to love girl’s family.

Our couple thinks a lot on this and then decides to go on a GOA trip where both the families can meet and have time to know each other. The plan is executed. 
Both families meet happily, have lunches and dinners. But it doesn’t gets work out. There were differences which comes out one day. And due to this, our couple also get breaks up. The girl is very much upset by the behavior of the boy’s mom towards her family. She gets frustrated finally and breaks up the relationship. Our boy tries to call her, even flies to her office. (Boy works in Delhi and Girl in Chennai). But she is all depressed and doesn’t want to talk to him. The boy is already  depressed. He is not at all feeling well. He hasn’t eaten properly from the day of breakup. He goes weak. He hasn’t shaved also. He becomes a DEVDAS. All this is being watched by our boy’s father.(was in picture though not played a role yet). And there comes the turning point. The boy’s father goes to Chennai without informing anyone and settles all the matter. He also gets fixed the marriage.  The girl calls up boy and gets super excited about marriage. She talks to him about his father coming to her home. The boy is all shocked. He thanks his father for all that he has done and forgives him for all the sins he has done. The differences between father-son gets resolved. Now there is a complete family. The marriage dates are fixed and then comes the final day. The father decides not to go to marriage as he has differences with his mother’s relatives. Now comes the final step. MARRIAGE.

STEP4: Girl and boy still love each other. They get married finally!!

As it is said every love story has happy endings. So that’s all is given in this section. The marriage is done in South Indian style. All the procedures of marriage are written in detail which i felt very bored to read, but as it was the final section, i need to complete it. Wait, there is one surprise remaining for you. Someone that was not expected arrives and gives a lot of happiness to our boy. Well i think you may have guessed it out correct!

So that’s all about Chetan Bhagat’s 2 STATES, a love story with INDIAN arranged marriage tadka. I know it will not leave an impression to many of mah friends, but the way he has represented the story is spectacular. Well, those friends searching some masala like in his previous three novels, i am sorry to say, will not find much. The story is sort of a daily soap + Bollywood love stories + little Kollywood tadka. Yes there are lot many scenes of entertainment of course. You will see as you read.

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