3 Mistakes of My Life : Enough is Enough
August 9, 2009
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An attempt that is certainly not commendable
The First one was good, The Second better, The Third indeed a mistake. ‘Has he lost it’ were the exact words of my friend who can be termed as one of the first buyers of the city(when you come from small town,itz not tough to become one). He was one of those crazy wait-all-night kinda fans of a man who was termed as the ‘Man responsible for decreasing literary standards’ by his critics.
By the time his 3rd novel was about to target the crowd, the author was already the target of the small fraction of the society who can also be termed as ‘intellectuals’ ( frankly speaking,who are just tired of watching daily soaps ).
The First 2 novels were not appreciated by many, many school principles and a lot of heads of prestigious institutions opposed them for decreasing the literary standards and writing +18 contents,its really ironic that how we know whats happening around us and still when we encounter it in any form whether media,novels,newspapers ( or actually witnessing it) can have that dumbstruck look(indeed commendable) as if ‘Its actually true,i thought its fiction’ or ‘ How irresponsible, how can i allow my son to read it’. If i could just say to them ‘ Madam your son knows more than you can imagine’.
So. moving on, our kid was wandering in the dark alley with a dog (who could be donated to AIIMS to study a dog’s anatomy) to guide him towards light,he was not scared that he was lost coz he was so confident that he can even walk in his sleep and still reach the point.
The Book was attempt by our kid for god knows what,whether he was sick of sitting idle and listening to his cribbing wife about how old the furniture has become, or her son again had a fight in school or something else ,or he was just feeling the vibes coming to him and telling him ‘ That cummon man, u’ve convinced HINDUSTANIS, now they’ll spend anything to read you, lets have fun’. He was wrong wasn’t he.
The story has 3 boys, a money hunting selfish pig who even dreams about gandhi(on the 500 note),a talented cricketer and a stupid but nice person( nice haaan,u can call any body stupid and say,,no yaar but he’s sweet
),and another dharmic son of priest who can write a book on ‘India: We and Our Superstitious Lives’ and am sure would be the only person to buy it.
So as the story moves on, we have another girl ( the BRAHMASTRA), who is much mature then her age and knows about every light and dark side of life.I mean you wont expect a girl from a small town to be as AWARE
.
So the guys get together, open a shop,sell some stuff, open a bigger shop, an earthquake an WHACK !!! the roof’s right on their head.
A, also we have small kid with a Chemical Locha in his brain that can make him bigger than Sachin Tendulkar( i wonder if he read the book !!!!)
And the same old ‘How could you sleep with my sister’ and stuff. Young professors getting hooked up with their students is not new Mr Wizard,dont you read the news.
The Tricks were old, the story was already told, the rabbit was no longer in the hat, he had chewed his way down. and whoosh!!! Magic.
The whole book appears as if he’s just writing the book and the wife’s shouting ‘ Get your ass down here, or no treat for you Mr’. In those times ,men cant do much can they.( Forgive me Mr,just trying out ur strategy to see if it works..ooops it does). So he wraps it all up ” Be there in a Minute Honey”.
and wala…we have..
THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE!!!
Categories: Book Review
3 Mistakes of My life, Chetan Bhagat





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