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 CHETAN
BHAGAT
INDIAN POET
BIRTH: 22 April
1974
DELHI
INDIA
INDIAN POET

CHETAN
BHAGAT
BIRTH&PARENTHOOD
Chetan Bhagat (born 22 April 1974) is
an Indian author and columnist. He was included
in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most
Influential People in 2010.
Chetan Bhagat grew up in Naraina Vihar, West Delhi
in a traditional middle-class Punjabi Hindu family.
His father served as a lieutenant colonel in the Indian
Army and his mother worked as scientist in Indian
Agricultural Research Institute New Delhi. He was
schooled at the Army Public School, Dhaula
Kuan. He claims to have been an average student at
the age of 15.
Bhagat graduated with a BTech degree in mechanical
engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi in 1995 as a 9+ pointer.
Bhagat then went on to do an master's of business
administration degree in marketing from the Indian
Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and
graduated in 1997. In June 2018, IIMA awarded him
the "Young Alumni Achiever's Awards 2018" in the
Art & Entertainment category.

CONTEMPORARY
WRITERS

Caleb Azumah Nelson Sam Riviere

 Megan Nolan

NOVELS WRITTEN BY CHETAN

BHAGAT
 FIVE POINT SOMEONE
 2 STATES
 THE STORY OF MY
MARRIAGE LIFE
 HALF GIRLFRIEND
 THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE
 ONE NIGHT@THE
CALLCENTER
 REVOLUTION 2020
 ONE INDIAN GIRL
 GIRL IN ROOM 105
 ONE ARRANGED MURDER
 400 DAYS
 INDIA POSITIVE
 MAKING INDIA AWSOME
 WHAT YOUNG INDIA WANTS

NOTABLE
WORKS
 Year Of Publication: 2004

Number Of Copies Sold: More than a million copies worldwide

Rated: 4.4/5

Awards:  Indo-American Society’s Society Young Achiever’s Award &  Publisher’s

Recognition Award

Five Point Someone: What not to do at IIT is a 2004 novel written by Indian author Chetan
Bhagat. The book sold over a million copies worldwide. The films 3 Idiots and Nanban are based on
the book. It was also adapted into a play by the theatre company Evam.

PLOT
The book is narrated by Hari, with some small passages
by his friends Ryan and Alok, as well as a letter by Hari's
girlfriend Neha Cherian. It deals with the lives of the 3
friends, whose elation on making it to one of the best
engineering colleges in India is quickly deflated by the
rigor and monotony of the academic work. Most of the
book deals with two plot lines. One being the numerous
attempts by the trio to cope with and/or beat the system.
And Hari's fling with Neha, who just happens to be the
daughter of Prof. Cherian (the domineering head of the
Mechanical Engineering department of their college). It
takes some dark turns every now and then, especially
when it comes to the families of the protagonists. Most
of the action, however, takes place inside the campus.
The characters, led by the ever-creative Ryan, frequently
lament over how the internationally lauded IIT system
has stifled their creativity by forcing them to value
grades more than anything else. Uninspiring teaching
and numerous assignments add to their woes, though the
boys do find a sympathizer in Prof Veera.

CRITICISM
CHETAN BHATAT’S book is a stigma among readers;
people who read his books are tagged for poor English
and mitigated intellect, and these are baseless criticisms.
An author can be criticised for his works but
stigmatizing him and readers are not healthy.
On reading a book, you would expect to understand each
and every word in it. when the author uses one or two
local languages to give you the gist of protagonist’s
nature, you can always look them up, but the same will
turn to annoying when you have a whole sentence to
look up, and yet you are not sure about the correct the
correct meaning. Chetan bhagat’s novel has a lot of
dialogues conversed in the local language. These are
irritating at few points.
He could do with the fame he got and become more
careful with the tweets and voices he makes. Good or
bad, Chetan is seen as an influence to many youngsters,
and he has to hold responsible for his actions. He could
talk more sense in his books, which will reach several
young people all along with nation instead of creating
books-to-be-Bollywood movies. He is responsible for
bringing change in next generation’s mindset, choosing
the most powerful medium, and being popular in it, he
can make one. Still he keeps himself struck in the
whirlpool of Indian stigmas and keeps his readers stuck
with him. Chetan’s book completely suck, and it will
change only if he chooses to bring back the excellent
stories he once weaved and thinks of improvising his
standards.