Mr Bhagat seems to know “Girlese” extremely well, enough to spout these aphorisms. “’Fine’ means somewhere between ‘whatever’ and ‘go to hell’ in Girlese” “Girls always leave subtle phrases as qualifiers, so you can’t put them in a spot later.” “When girls are hiding something, they start speaking like boys and use expressions like ‘cool’” For one, Bhagat’s childish assumptions about women in general were beyond my comprehension. There were a few points that annoyed me throughout the book. Yet, these are not enough redeeming factors to make Bhagat’s book an overall excellent read. Education is portrayed as a ruthless business where politics, mafia and bribery all go hand in hand.

Bhagat shows the extent of it through Gopal’s trysts with coaching classes, his disappointments and finally his job as the director of a college. Of course, in India competition breeds corruption. In fact, Kota now had small coaching shops to coach you to get into the top coaching classes.” I went through their super-flexible (not to mention super-expensive) fee structures… Each of them had their own, rather difficult, entrance exams. I took in their tall claims about zapping any primate into an IITian. “I had spent the last three days doing the rounds of every coaching school. Students who do not get through in the entrance exam join coaching classes to help them in their second attempt. And the girl, Aarti? Well, it’s not a very simple ending as with all of Bhagat’s books, to say the least.īhagat efficiently reveals the extreme competition that continues to dog much coveted professional courses like engineering. He gets into one of the best engineering colleges but goes on to become a journalist. To top it all, he loses the girl he loves to his friend Raghav, who is dashing, confident and above all a man who passed the exam with flying colors. His already low self confidence suffers another blow when he doesn’t get the required rank in the all important entrance exam that throws open the doors to hallowed institutions like IIT. Like millions of Indians, Gopal is yet another boy who hopes to get into engineering to make his father happy. The book begins with Bhagat himself making an appearance, talking to Gopal who narrates his story to the author. As Gopal gives in to the system, and Raghav fights it, who will win? However, it is not easy to attain these in an unfair society that rewards the corrupt. A story about childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti who struggle to find success, love and happiness in Varanasi. Let me give a summary of the book before I go on to my review. But after a couple of my friends assured me that his latest, “Revolution 2020” is not like his earlier works, I thought why not. I had eschewed from reading Chetan Bhagat’s novels until now because I really didn’t think they were worth my time.

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