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IITians Become Storytelling Novelists
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 10 September 2011, 01:37 IST |
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Bangalore: Salman Rushdie, Arudhati Roy, Shobhaa Dey, Vikram Seth are a few names that became a widespread dawn of storytelling in Indian English. However, of late the Indian novels are liberated from the tight clutches of serious work as a crowd of ex-IITians and MBA students are catching up with the youth with their modern novels. Their novels are based on love blooming in college campus, friendship, heartbreak, sex, betrayal, coming of the age and more importantly the system today. You can call it a "Chetan Bhagat effect" that turned many people towards fiction. The novels have a wider appeal as the youth easily relate to these stories. These writers have a huge fan following as they are easily connected via the social networking sites. Listed below are a few IITian and Management novelists who have had a great impact on young readers.
Chetan Bhagat
"Why should any guy want to be only friends with a girl? It is like agreeing to be near a chocolate cake and never eat it. It is like sitting in a racing car but not driving it.", feels protagonist Krish who is deeply in love with Ananya. Krish , a Punjabi boy and Ananya, a Tamilian Brahmin girl are an IIM (A) couple struggle to overcome cultural issues before getting married in Chetan Bhagat's "2 States: the story of my marriage". Chetan Bhagat is today one of the most popular authors. Born in New Delhi, this Punjabi boy studied Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and then went to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad where he bagged the title of "The Best Outgoing Student". This investment banker shot to fame with his first book. Chetan set a new trend by penning down his IIT and IIM experiences. His novels speak about steamy account of college affairs to the problems faced by lovers from different cultural backgrounds. Though all his books are inspired by his own personal experiences, he still wants them to be treated as fictions."They say you should not get into a relationship with people you sleep with on the first date." says Chetan's "Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT". This book is an awesome mix of the IIT brand, the meaningless pursuit of engineering as a degree and romance. His two other popular books are "Three Mistakes of my Life" and "One Night at the Call". Critics have sometimes been severe on him at but this guy has still has a very intent fan following among the youth.
