1. A Book Review On
• By Chetan Bhagat

2. Discription
Author : Chetan Bhagat
Genre(s) : Fiction
Publisher : Rupa and Co
Publication date : 8 October 2009
Pages : 269
Price : Rs 95

3. Chetan Bhagat
Born on 22nd April 1974
Brought up in New Delhi in a punjabi family
Studied in IIT and IIM
Came up with 4 best-sellers until now

4. Writing Styles and Achivements
Simple with Vivid Story Telling
All his Books have a numbers in his Title
“The best selling English language novelist in
India’s history”.
He writes Op-ed Coloums for news papers
He quitted his banking career in 2009

5. What is 2 States about?
It’s a story of inter-state marriage in India.
Love story of a Punjabi guy Krish, and a Tamil
Brahmin girl Ananya
Marriage of paranthas and idlis, paneer and
coconut.

6. First Meeting in IIM-Ahmedabad
They become friends in a few days and decide
to study together every night
Fall in love
Life is great for them until their families meet
each other.

7. The twist in the tale is, they want to marry
with their parents
The meeting of two families on the
convocation day at the college, sets the drama
into motion
Rest of the story is about how youngistan
fights oldistan to get the approval for
marriage.

8. What I learned From 2 States?
Though the premise is most realistic, it draws
your attention to cultural differences in
diverse India.
 How love is at mercy of societal, familial
norms. And how a man eternally finds himself
torn between his girlfriend/wife and mother

9. Humor is one of the best things in this book.
Loaded with some really good similes and
metaphors.
If you are a Chetan Bhagat’s fan, you will enjoy
this book more than his previous book, Three
mistakes of my life.

10. THANK YOU