Book Review: 2 States- the story of My Marriage

With the recent brouhaha that Mr. Chetan Bhagat has been creating all over the media for not being creditted for 3 Idiots, we have to understand one thing- Mr. Bhagat has a lot of time at his disposal after quitting his high paying job at an Investment bank which he uses either in picking up fights with Bollywood or writing books like "2 States- The Story of My Marriage"

Now don't get me wrong- 2 States is not half bad. The book has its few moments especially where Bhagat chooses to take potshots at the Punjabi and Tamil culture with intelligent 3rd party insights into most of their time barred rituals! But, havent we seen and read similar stuff in all his earlier works? If 3 mistakes of my Life was about Gujju culture, Five Point Someone and One Night@ the call centre were about the youth of today.

2 States also starts from the IIM and then meanders meaninglessly between Chennai, Pondicherry and Punjab and after an extended climax, finally ends in the wedding of its 2 protagonists- Krish and Ananya.

There definitely are laugh out loud moments in the narrative just like Bhagat's earlier outings but just when we thought Bhagat had matured a little bit with 3 Mistakes of My Life comes this one which sounds and feels so much like it was written by someone totally new to the craft. Recommended only for strong CB fans (and I used to be one of them till very recently!)