Book Review: 2 states

The cover page of the book reads
‘2 states – the story of my marriage’
and the back cover reads
‘Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.
They get married.
In India, there are a few more steps:
Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.
Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.’

Whew!

That’s what the book is about – a love story with a desi (both north and south) twist. The book will get you LOLing from the word ‘Go’!

The book seems to be a sequel to ‘Five-point Someone’ (another hilarious book by the author, IN CASE you did not know). It starts with the intro of Krish and Ananya to the readers, as well as to each other.

It is a light-hearted love story with a few serious moments and has well-etched characters; somewhere down the line you might feel a connect with some aspect of the characters in the book. In the end, you can’t help but feel happy for Krish and Ananya and their families and for our country and for its diversity and for yourself (yourself for all that LOLing)!

The language used in the book is quite simple and the mood of the book is more like ‘Five-point Someone’ than ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’ (which has a more serious story and tone).

I’m glad Chetan Bhagat is not one of those Indian authors who write pages and pages on India’s poverty, describing how disgusting India can get. I agree our country still has a long way to go when it comes to development, but those who try to cash in on that should develop first!

Those who loved reading the author’s previous books will love this even more. This book is a must-read!

I wanted to write a blog-post last weekend; before I knew it, the weekend was over in the blink of an eye and the week too passed by so quickly. What I wanted to release last weekend wasn't this, but a book review on Chetan Bhagat's 2 states. I'm determined to write the book review tomorrow, but with tons of things to be done and looking at the way I've been postponing writing it for a week now, probably by the time I do write the book review and release it, everyone would've already read it.

Hey, I just realized that I actually bet my own record in something this week - I did not swtich on the PC at home for a whopping 3 days!

What is this blog-post about? I have no idea, I'm just typing something here coz I'm not yet feeling sleepy, no friends are online to chat (all of them are so busy these days :( ) and I have the PC at my disposal. Too bad the exclamation key does not work properly any more on my keyboard, else I would've used a dozen of  'em by now, using the key has become a herculean task.

Talking (rather 'typing') about chatting, I've gotten so used to smileys, I have to be extra careful not to use them in official communication. And with my friends all busy, I hardly chat nowadays and my hands itch to use smileys.

So here goes: :)   :D (my fav)    :))    ;)   :-/    :P   :(   

:((    :|     X-(

P. S. : Regarding my earlier blog  'An adieu to my much-loved', I am happy to say that I found my ear studs today after a whole month :). Actually, I lost one of those ear studs and so I obviously couldn't use the other one. I finally found the lost stud - I never thought I would coz I lost it when I was outside; I would like to thank those who found it and returned it to me :).

See? My 'kavacha kundalams' would never abandon me :D, no wonder I refer to them like that!

Feelin' good!

I've been think of blogging about this last weekend, but this week time just seemed to slip by and before I knew it, weekend was here again.

Last saturday wasn't like a typical weekend. The experiences of that day made me feel happy, special and nostalgic and also made me realised how life has changed dramatically.

After weeks of postponing, two of my friends and I visited our college last Saturday to get our T.C.s . It was the first time I was going to college after becoming a 'techie'. Even though it was a place I went to everyday till four months back, last Saturday was a totally different experience.

Though the college did not change a bit, my perspective of it did. The minute I stepped into the gates, I had a strange feeling- I could no longer feel the connect with our college. In one of my previous blog posts, I had mentioned that the college was like a second home to me. I no longer had that feeling. What worried me was that I had absolutely no feeling.

After reaching college, we roamed around the campus for sometime and headed our way for taking the T. C. s. After the work was done, I did not feel like leaving the place somehow and longed to be there for some more time.

We then decided to pay a visit to our 'D' block and greet our lecturers. The way the lecturers treated us was a huge surprise- while one even ordered coffee for us, the others gave us a warm welcome and were happy for our achievements. It then dawned on me that we were now working and no longer students of the college, but 'alumni' :(

On our way back, I suggested to my friends that we sit at the back of the ‘Shankarpalli’ auto, dangling our legs...coz who knows, it might be the last time we would get such a chance. As the auto started and the college began to disappear into the distance, I felt a small pinch in my heart and at the same time couldn’t help but smile at the way things have changed so much in a matter of a few months.

We then went to Eat-Street at Necklace Road- our 'adda'. Although only 10 of us managed to be there, it was wonderful to be seeing my college friends again after so many days. I must say we had a whale of a time! This was followed by some shopping at Central and I went back home feeling tired and happy.

Even though I’ve been working for a few months now, it never really dawned on me as to how much has changed, pretty much because home is always the same. But, it took me just a day at college and some time with old friends to realize this.

Last Saturday made me realize that my metamorphosis into a ‘techie’ is almost complete and had me feelin’ good!