I am sorry. I mistrusted Chetan Bhagat. I thought he would write another story which will end in style and glamour, asking for a Bollywood transformation. Even my cousin, who read it the day it was published, said the plot is perfect for a Bollywood movie. So, I almost decided that I will not read the book.
But my father, who read all the three books of chetan bhagat, couldn’t stop himself buying the book. When he told me about it, I was reading The Godfather. Two days before, I completed The Godfather. And was getting dubious which book to start first, White Tiger of Arvind Adiga or The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. Incidentally, I took the red book and thought to give it a try. So, I started reading it. And then I read it, I read it, I read it. Till I reached the epilogue. And I accepted my defeat as Chetan again proved that he is a genius and a very marvelous writer.
The book is a story of Chetan’s marriage, with the detailed description of every character and every incident. All the incidents are closer to reality, which is the reason I liked it. They are purely from the heart and shows the actual scenario of the marriages. Dowry, Ego, Love, Parental affection, Fear, Spirituality and many etc. I must make a note here specially. Chetan’s wife is a real daredevil, and the guts she carries amused me the most. Even if Chetan says that the book is a work of fiction, but the previous sentence is a reality. That’s because I had the same feeling when I read his “One night at the Call Centre”. It also has some daredevil incidents of her wife(maybe).
We have a sentence in hindi which was my reaction after I read the book. “Mazaa aa gaya”.
