Writing For The Young And Better India Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat is one of the bestselling authors of this generation. However, apart from being an author, he is also a motivational speaker and an influential columnist. He writes popular columns for leading English and Hindi dailies, focusing on the issues of youth and national development. He is one of those people who made it large, after taking the big risk of sacrificing a stable career for a hobby/passion driven one. He quit his job as an international banking career in 2009 to start a fresh walk of life as a full time writer.

He struck gold with his first book, Five Point Someone in 2004 and continued it with even more successful books. From then on, there has been no looking back for this bespectacled and soft spoken writer. In 2005, One Night @ the Call Center was released, followed by The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011) and What Young India Wants (2012). All his books have remained bestsellers since their releases. They have not just remained commercial hits as books, but three of them have actually been adapted into popular Bollywood movies.

It is not really surprising that The New York Times called him “the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history”. A well-educated individual, he studied at some of the most reputed educational institutes of the country like IIT Delhi and IIM Ahmedabad. Chetan bhagat Books has been named in the “100 Most Influential People in the world” by Time Magazine. The Fast Company of USA listed him among the world’s “100 most creative people in business”. He has become a youth icon, not just through his writings, but his speeches and also the causes that he stands for.

In Five Point someone, he discusses the merit system and the pressures in a student’s life through the story of three friends studying in IIT. In One Night @ the Call Center he takes us through the sad and hidden part of our lives and connects it with spirituality in a witty manner. The Three Mistakes of My Life is a realistic take on the life of youths who face religious, political, economic and even natural problems in the country to make their life work. All his books have a common factor, which is the ‘youth connect’ and most of the characters that are portrayed in his works are young ones. There is an ooze of delightful modernity in his books without overtaking traditional values, even while challenging the groundless.

The massive following that he has, especially among the youths, is a rightful achievement. He writes in a language that is easily comprehensible to all and a tone that is soothing to the reader. You can find Chetan Bhagat books online in various bookstores across the country or you can buy them from online stores. His books are not just good reads, but they have the insights to take you to more meaningful heights in his own unassuming style.