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3 Mistakes of My Life : Enough is Enough

August 9, 2009 Leave a comment
An attempt that is certainly not commendable

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!!!

One Night at the Call Center: Another Rabbit out of the Magician’s Hat

August 7, 2009 Leave a comment

A tale of Love,Emotions & Reality

Now, since my first post received some appreciation (m so flying) ,and my friends have asked me to write more (so that i don bug them with SMS’s) so  here it is,another one from our kid. After his first work, the kid has gained some experience of the locality,and indeed came up with something more interesting and witty but with a little amount of fiction, i mean c’mon guys if god was to call evrybody for doing stupid and BAD things, i would’ve had 100 missed calls by now. Ha, MISSED call from god,could not have been better.
So Moving on, since our Kid has understood the fact that to be a successful writer in HINDUSTAN,you have to make people feel nostalgic, or rather excite them. People here really admire the story they can relate to, something that’ll make them go ‘Man Thazz exactly what happend’.
And,for the other lot ,who don’t feel excited there is fantasy (now don be a perv and don think i am as well). Life which many people haven’t seen and witnessed. That’s such a nice tactic, first heat the metal by making people nostalgic,and then strike the hammer,using their curiosity, as your source of income.WOW.
Now as for the book ( If we don Stray away!!!).It portrays the life of 6 noble souls(Sarcasm haaaan) working in a call center easy money as many would say,but lemme be honest, after reading this was just about to run away from home to work in one of those crowded,smoke filled, easy money making machines. But then mom served aloo paranthas,and i slept,next morning when I woke up,was just feelin too lazy.
OOPS!! here i go again,babbling about me.So moving on,we have 3 chicks,2 guys, and one virtually nonexistent Old Uncle, (also extras like the boss,the cab driver,the DJ nd all). The evergreen concept of ‘ My Girlfriend’s Mom Doesnt like Me’ or ‘ Shit Man!!! My Girlfriends gettin married, to another guy!!! Lets party Yo’ nd all is still there,
but here our kid is able to display the true ‘You Touch my Girl,and i’ll screw your happiness’ feeling with a touch of elegance and humour.
Then there is this struggling model,who just slept around with a few people to make a career ( in modeling!!!) but then accidentally someone suggested (or rather commented) ’ Oh Darling!! Your Just to short to become a model’  guess she didn’t see this one coming.
Then we have one of those ADARSH BHARTIYA NARI who would touch her husbands feet even before he enters the house, would have a pallu over her head, would keep the Hitler Saas Happy, and gossip about the Hubby in The washroom with her Friends(Adarsh Indeed baby).
And ya, the Virtually Nonexistent Uncle, dont have much on him, coz as i mentioned he WASS Virtualy inexistent.
The story goes like Delhi – Jaipur National Highway, with a couple of smooth patches and a lot of head breaking bumps.

All in all, the kid has become familiar with the locality, and has earned a reputation that even a book on Nursery Rhymes could be sold out with  CHETAN BHAGAT written all over it

This was by far the longest post, so if your reading this, than others might term you as vella.but i’ll not. :-)

Five Point Someone: Where it All Began

August 6, 2009 Leave a comment
A fun frollic twisting tale,would surely lead you on a reading spree

A fun frollic twisting tale,would surely lead you on a reading spree

Five Point Someone By Chetan Bhagat :  I was not always  much of a reader, reading to me was just boring course books,doing my homework and maybe the newspaper once a week (that to just the sports section),then after a nice sweet girl (this gender has always amazed me) insisted that i read this, i bought the book, took a deep breath and started of. Let me tell all of you who think that novels can only be a result of some person cursing his life every second moment or has a broken heart (or whatever reason most of you would give for not reading) that at time you can really connect with them, you’d feel that you’ve met the author and would like to thank that bloody person for understanding you and penning it all down while you were just living through your monotonous and boring life.
Five Point Someone would indeed make you laugh,think,rethink,would make the boys go ‘cool’ and ‘perfect’ at certain instants and would make the girls look at the mirror with a mischievous smile and a wink ‘your always right about boys arent you’.
A place where every science student (may or maynot like me) would dream to be, and after reading the novel would just work their ass off to be in one of those hostel rooms, sippin vodka at the hostel roof, getting hooked up with the professors daughter (not many would  want that,but i wont mind).
When we thought only nerds make it there and considerd them from another universe,the excellent work would clear many myths and would make them sound like humble souls from this very planet.
I was able to complete it in 5 hours(Couldve been 4 if mom hadnt taken me along for shopping) coz not even for a split sec was able to leave the book.
A than it began..when people started terming me more sensible(you can lie on blogs can’t you)
Since i was quite away from blogging since early man years, i suppose by the time your done reading this witty summary you wud’ve already read the book thrice or atleast twice, but if by any chance you havent (really !!!) then please make me feel good and go Ahead..
The Wonderland Awaits You !!!
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