The document provides a character study and summary of the novel "One Night @ the Call Center" by Chetan Bhagat. It introduces the six main characters - Shyam Mehra, Varun Malhotra, Military Uncle, Radhika Jha, Esha Sigh, and Priyanka. It analyzes their roles and how they represent different aspects of Indian society and culture. The summary concludes by questioning whether the novel accurately reflects modern India.

1. Character study of the novel ON@TCC
Prepared and presented by Richa Pandya
Paper – 13 New Literature
Semester - 4
Roll no - 26
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S.B.Gardi Department of English
Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji University

2. About the Novel
#One Night @ the Call Center is novel
written by Chetan Bhagat.
#Novel Published in the October 2005.
Genre is fiction.
#This book has been translated into
Hindi and is published by Prabhat
Prakash.

3.  Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and
columnist, known for his Indian – English novels
about young middle-class Indians.
 Chetan Bhagat is the author of eleven
blockbuster books.
 Include eight novel : Five point someone, one
Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistake of My
Life, 2 States, Revolution 2020, Half Girlfriend,
One Indian Girl and Girl in Room 105.
 Three non-fiction titles: What young Indian
Wants, Making India Awesome and India
Positive.
 The New York Times called him the “The
Biggest selling English language novelist India’s
history”.
About the Author

4. Character of the Novel
o The six main character in the novel.
o Shyam Mehra – Sam Marcy
o Varun Malhotra – Victor Mell
o Military Uncle
o Radhika Jha – Regima Jones
o Esha Sigh – Eliza Singer
o Priyanka

5. Shyam Mehra
o Protagonist of the novel.
o Hero of the story along with his close
friend Vroom.
o His call is name Sam Marcy.
o He is a simple boy.
o He loves the Priyanka.
o His life is full of confused.
o He sad because the Priyanka engaged with
Ganesh who is NRI boy and his boss
cheated him and Varun.
o He wants to become successful.

6. Varun Malhotra
• His call name is Vroom.
• He love speed and wheels.
• He do a job for living standard life.
• He has soft corner for his colleague
Esha.
• He also a cheated by his Boss.
• His character reflect the young
generation of the India who like to
speed living a standard life.

7. Military Uncle
 In group of six he only one
who is oldest person do a job
in call center.
 He live alone.
 His life like In present time
the old people, their children
who don’t like to live with
their grand parents.

8. Radhika Jha
• Radhika Jha his call name is
Regima Jones.
• She is married.
• She become upset because her
husband select another girl
and ignore her.
• She is not happy with her
mother-in-law.
• Her character reflect working
women in India.

9. Esha Sigh
• Her call name is Eliza Singer.
• She wants to become a Model so
she run away from home and join
call center.
• Full fill her dream for that she
compromised many thing .
• She has compromised by sleeping
with a designer to get a modeling
contract.
• For the role in the movie or the in
TV serial actress molested.

10. Priyanka
• An intelligent and practical girl.
• She love her mother.
• For mother happiness she ready
to marry NRI Ganesh.
• Her character like Indian Girl, for
their parents she sacrifice their
choice and decision and accept
parents decision.

11. God
• Confused to god consider as
character of the novel or not
• The call of god change take a
new turn of the story.
• Who call as god all the character.

12. Conclusion
Is India Reflect in the Bhagat’s
novel ON@TCC?

13. Reference
Wikipedia contributors. "One Night @ the
Call Center." Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia, 27 Dec. 2019. Web. 22 Feb.
2020.