And, as a good Hindi movie, every character plays his role convincingly, in a matter-of-fact manner, with just a blob of dramatic overtures thrown in for good measure. The novel documents the journey of dreamy eyed lovebirds to legally married inter-state couple, and is rippling with inevitable heart-breaks, emotional drama and tear-jerking speeches. Will they ever be able to patch up the glaring differences among their families or will their love be sacrificed on the alter of caste, culture and society, is what forms the basic story of this six acts and 269 pages long novel of one of the bestselling novelist of modern India. And caught between this crazy fight of lassi v/s coffee is the innocent, pure love of Krish and Ananya.

One is a chaperone of vegetarian sanctity, the other is a guillotinous tandoori lover. One believes in trumpeting their achievements, the other is a firm believer of dignified silence. While, Krish is the handsome Prince of large-hearted Punjabis, Ananya is the queen of dark-complexioned, reticent Madrasis, and their families are as compatible as lassi with coffee! While Punjabis revel in their loud humour and larger than life attitude, Tamilians are proud of their educated, cultured background.

They not only belong to different castes, but are also from different states, cultures and backgrounds. They find out that though they are perfect as a couple, their families are just opposites.

However, as soon as the college is over, and they go separate ways to solidify their respective careers and earn lots of money, the reality dawns on them. They are madly in love with each other and are committed for life. One thing leads to another and Krish and Ananya become the hip and happening couple of geeky IIMA, grabbing eyeballs with their bold live-in relationship. As the charming physiotherapist convinces him to talk his heart out, a wonderful story begins, predictably in an Institute, and this time the honour goes to IIM Ahmedabad, where our Hero is standing in a queue in college canteen, gawking at beautiful Ananya Swaminathan who is arguing with the cook over the quality of sambhar! Krish is on the verge of nervous breakdown and has given up on life for good. Here, the story of IIT graduate Hari is carried forward, who is now Krish, sitting in front of a shrink in Chennai. Yes, whether it was advertised as such or not, ‘2 States’ is definitely a sequel of ‘Five Point Someone’. Narayan that I laid my hands on ‘2 States:the story of my marriage’ by Chetan Bhagat. I had hardly finished the trilogy of R.K. This week is fast turning out to be a week of sequels.

Two states book by chetan bhagat