name : 2 states
author: chetan bhagat
reading time: 4-5 metro rides
2 states is a time pass book.. the theme is inter community marriage… blatantly stereotypical.. exaggerated to put any bollywood movie to shame… full of drama… to give credit to bhagat, at least the hero does not fight 10 goons all by himself.. but yeah the heroine does convince a good for nothing groom to marry a girl against his parents demands of dowry!! well you have to read the novel to know the story.. like all bollywood movies, it has a happy ending… for some reason bhagat has to throw in his new found love for spirituality and nation in what was an attempt tp write a fun, romantic novel…
favourite quote: “i love you” – i guess this is the best that he can write… ohh, there is something about forgiveness too.. but that is more a concept to be remembered than the quote… like i said, new found spirituality…
final analysis: for the cost of it, it is not bad… you get to read for 4-5 hours without putting too much brain into it.. ideal easy read for a train/bus/metro journey… but if you are lookng for literary magic, look elsewhere…