To start with, 2 States is priced at 95/- ONLY! That was quite a surprise to me. With the following he got through his 3 books, this book would have been sold out easily at 200/-. Kudos, to Chetan Bhagat for the low price. My understanding on this was, may be he wanted his book to be bought by all categories of people. So there, he already got my (precious) good impression on the book, right there, at the book store!

It was quite a book. The only bad thing I can say about the book is that I could finish it off in 2 nights. The plot was set very sensitively, the love very systematically. The jokes targeted towards the South Indian and Punjabi junta was hilarious. I laughed out loud a lot of times. Ananya’s father with his hindu , Krish’s mother and her chole bathura were both exploited very cleverly and humourously. Chetan has it in him, I say.

But one thing made me sad at the end. All through the book chetan was partial towards Krish. No, really! May be it was because Krish was a reflection of himself in real life!. For instance, krish goes to the girls’ town to convince her parents and is tolerant towards her father’s attitude and says not a word (nor an expression) against them; But when this girl, ananya, goes to Delhi, she curses his mother’s behaviour a couple of times. Why should the story be planned that way? At the end of the book, I bet whoever read it must have felt a soft corner for krish, but not Ananya. Why can’t both of them be the ideal lovers? ; The ‘made for each other’ types.

So my review of the book is, it is a Karan Joharish one, fantastically written; better than all his books(yes, even 5 point someone!). But it would have felt good, for kind-hearted people(like me!), if Ananya were shown as matured and understanding as Krish was. Anyway, waiting to see them on Silver Screen…..