Why I like Chetan Bhagat.
'Why do you like Chetan Bhagat?', is what people ask me!
I answer them.
'Why don't you like Chetan Bhagat?'
They say, he is ambitious. They say, he writes shit. He writes, the same story all over again; when a boy is shown desperate enough to search for that moment to kiss a girl. When you ask Chetan this question, he says that this is the reality; he describes the man's mind. Well, right; not every man is like that; or is it that every man doesn't show that, when every man feels so. But, wait; he didn't refer to every man being such in his books; it was just about a character that he described in his book.
You know what, you can watch Bollywood films and praise the acting, everything in it and not complain; but when you read the script of the film, you have got a problem. Isn't it? You like, 3 idiots, making it a box office success, followed by Kai Po Che, and then it is 2 states, Kick. Why do you say, you like the films; but you don't like the book on which it was based. Why?
You can't take in that fact that, he makes India read his books. You can't take in the fact that he does good marketing of his books. You say that, he writes shit; isn't that reality, what he writes?
In his latest book, 'Half girlfriend', he doesn't say that all Bihari boys don't know English well, it was just a character in Madhav Jha, it was his story. People shouldn't find that offensive. 'Half girlfriend', is a story of how much he had loved a girl; yes, he seemed desperate at a point but it's his story, what problem you have with that.
The fact that other books don't sell as much as Chetan Bhagat's books, makes people so insecure. Today. creativity isn't praised, today only critics rule the world. Critics who are always viewing things from one angle. Who lets them be critics? Just because, one is a graduate from a renowned university or occupies a greater degree in professional qualification; you give them the tag of being Critics and listen to them as if, they are the God's and Goddesses.
For those, who read 'Half Girlfriend', I want to ask you people; didn't you find the story near to reality? If, Bill Gates, came to a village in Bihar, and listened to Madhav in his speech; and now in reality you can find that Mark Zuckerberg is in India, standing for a similar cause.
This journey of a college student, also describes his tryst with English language. How he learns it, how he doesn't lose hope. Chetan Bhagat, has been writing on social issues time and again, he writes a weekly column with the Times Of India, among the other newspapers. He has written essays, describing India in his book, 'What Young India Wants'. Now, you think; he's not right about his thoughts on India?
If you can comment on his writings as fake or whatever bad; then write better than him or simply make an impact. Impact as 3 idiots made, as 'Five point someone' made. It made India read novels. Do it first yourself, if you think you are too intelligent or if writing is an easy task. Then speak whatever you want to speak against him.
Good luck!
I answer them.
'Why don't you like Chetan Bhagat?'
They say, he is ambitious. They say, he writes shit. He writes, the same story all over again; when a boy is shown desperate enough to search for that moment to kiss a girl. When you ask Chetan this question, he says that this is the reality; he describes the man's mind. Well, right; not every man is like that; or is it that every man doesn't show that, when every man feels so. But, wait; he didn't refer to every man being such in his books; it was just about a character that he described in his book.
You know what, you can watch Bollywood films and praise the acting, everything in it and not complain; but when you read the script of the film, you have got a problem. Isn't it? You like, 3 idiots, making it a box office success, followed by Kai Po Che, and then it is 2 states, Kick. Why do you say, you like the films; but you don't like the book on which it was based. Why?
You can't take in that fact that, he makes India read his books. You can't take in the fact that he does good marketing of his books. You say that, he writes shit; isn't that reality, what he writes?
In his latest book, 'Half girlfriend', he doesn't say that all Bihari boys don't know English well, it was just a character in Madhav Jha, it was his story. People shouldn't find that offensive. 'Half girlfriend', is a story of how much he had loved a girl; yes, he seemed desperate at a point but it's his story, what problem you have with that.
The fact that other books don't sell as much as Chetan Bhagat's books, makes people so insecure. Today. creativity isn't praised, today only critics rule the world. Critics who are always viewing things from one angle. Who lets them be critics? Just because, one is a graduate from a renowned university or occupies a greater degree in professional qualification; you give them the tag of being Critics and listen to them as if, they are the God's and Goddesses.
For those, who read 'Half Girlfriend', I want to ask you people; didn't you find the story near to reality? If, Bill Gates, came to a village in Bihar, and listened to Madhav in his speech; and now in reality you can find that Mark Zuckerberg is in India, standing for a similar cause.
This journey of a college student, also describes his tryst with English language. How he learns it, how he doesn't lose hope. Chetan Bhagat, has been writing on social issues time and again, he writes a weekly column with the Times Of India, among the other newspapers. He has written essays, describing India in his book, 'What Young India Wants'. Now, you think; he's not right about his thoughts on India?
If you can comment on his writings as fake or whatever bad; then write better than him or simply make an impact. Impact as 3 idiots made, as 'Five point someone' made. It made India read novels. Do it first yourself, if you think you are too intelligent or if writing is an easy task. Then speak whatever you want to speak against him.
Good luck!
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