Ashreetha K

While reading this book it reminds me of something which my world's best friend said to me once, well he is my dad. He said to me that friendship is not what people think of, it's a bond between two faces which are totally different from each other maybe the magnetic pole. Where we learn how to make ourselves to become neutral and share a common ground of relationship with the person. You may not like or love them but still, you can tolerate it because it's the one thing which you want to protect it. Chetan Bhagat is one of my favorite writers in my bookshelf. The Three Mistakes of my life is one of his finest novel based on three friends and their ups and downs. Their fight, their love and their understanding taught us friendship is more than a life.

As the name suggests, the book involves a beautiful story of a couple belonging to two extreme states of India. The story is believed to be the real time love story of the novel's author Chetan Bhagat and his better half. The novel is romantic and an interesting read, as it involves a mesmerizing chemistry between the couple and their struggle to turn their love into a successful marriage. The story begins with Punjabi boy (Krish) and a Tamalian Brahmin girl (Ananya) in the mess of one of the top management institutes of India in the city of Ahemdabad. The boy is shy and quite normally falls for the girl at the first sight. Soon, the girl also falls for him as they started spending more time together to study. Both graduate and get jobs with serious plans for their wedding what follows after is their struggle to convince their parents to get them married. The girl belongs to a strict, conservative Tamalian Brahmin family. At first, Krish tries to convince his girlfriend Ananya's parents by helping Ananya's father Swaminathan create his first PowerPoint presentation and by giving her brother Manju IIT tuition. He later convinces her mom by helping her fulfill her biggest dream of singing at a concert. Now its Ananya’s turn to convince Krish’s mother but they run into problems as Krish's mother's relatives don't quite like the relationship and do not want Krish to marry a Tamilian. The story is narrated from a first person point of view in a humorous tone, often taking digs at both Tamil and Punjabi cultures. Despite of being a love story, it involves comic factors as well. The author has nicely portrayed the real scenario of the Indian society when it comes to marriage of two people belonging to extreme communities. Inspite of being conservative families, both families finally agrees for the marriage of their children. The end leaves the reader with a smile on their face. The book is a must read for all the romance lovers and is indeed one of the best novels of Chetan Bhagat.