2 States

"Love marriages around the world are simple:

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married.

In India, there a few more steps:

Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy.

Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.

Girl's family has to love boy's family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.

Girl and boy still love each other. They get married."

These were the welcome lines by Chetan Bhagat in his new book "2 STATES". There was a sense of déjà vu when I read those lines, one that reminded me of umpteen indian movies. But the hearsay that it depicts the real life story of the author himself aroused widespread excitement and anticipation. I, like most of the people tried to grab that book as early as possible (which unfortunately couldn't happen :P). I managed to complete the book just two days back. It was a smooth read. Infact, this is the book I have read after a long gap of around 5 months. Like every trivial movie, the pair struggles to convince their families and the climax is also as expected with parents' loosening their stance and consenting to the marriage. But there is something more to just this trivia. The book showcases the maturity and commitment shown by these two IIM-A graduates in every walk of their life. It also potrays a slackened relationship between a father and a son and also how they just make it up in the end. It shows the agony of a young man and his repugnance towards the regional barriers and his dream of doing away with these discrimination on the basis of states(This disgust of Krish is intensified with their parents rejecting their marriage proposal for a simple reason that Krish and Ananya are from "two different states"). It was funfilled read. And Oh yes, The author did well in creating punjabi and tamil nadu ambience and what more I virtually lived in Ahmedabad, Chennai and Delhi for whole three hours!

I don't say it is an outstanding book, but you can consider it for a read when time permits.

...And I'm back!

It's been like ages since I wrote here. Writing is such a wonderful experience and I don't know how I lasted without writing for this long. Woo! These words sound like a passionate lover's confessions. Uh! Atleast the comparison was worth it. Into the last innings of engineering life, things haven't changed much except that there is a pressing need for introspection. "What did you learn these four years? What do you want become in life? Where do you want to see yourself in five years?" Sure, these are most trivial interview questions. Even if you are not certain as to what, why and when you could still get through in an interview by feigning someway out. Right now I feel it's high time I woke up to the truth and had a concrete plan for my career. Oh, I want to study further. OK.What next? End up in those so called "creamy corporate jobs"? For now, that seems an alluring option. But, there should be something more to just that. May be at some other point in time(which is very near), I need to do deeper introspection as I have some obvious and mundane things to do now (MBA exams, GD prep, Project etc etc..). At the moment I am slogging out with my btech project (Always thought this would be fun :-( ). After all, fours years of your college life is going to be reflected in your project report. Wish me good luck people!!!

And yes, I totally forgot. If there are resolutions I am going to make in the coming New Year(There a few resultions I am definitely going to make :P) - being faithful to writing is going to top the list!

It's 8 AM now and I have my project mate Swetha waiting for me so that together we could do some crazy things in the lab. :P

See you soon!