Chetan Bhagat - 2 States The Story of My Marriage Full Novel(3)

‘Hi,’ I said. Krish from Delhi. I am in consumer finance.’
‘Huh?’ the guy said. ‘Oh, you are that guy. The only North Indian trainee in
Citibank Chennai. Come in, you are so late.’
‘Flight delay,’ I said as I came into the room.
He switched on the drawing- room light. ‘I am Ramanujan, from IIMB,’ he said. I
looked at him. Even just out of the bed, his hair was oily and combed. He looked
like someone who would do well at a bank. With my harried look after the scuffle
with the auto drivers, I looked like someone who couldn’t even open a bank
account.
 

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‘I’m upset about paying peak hour rates. Now listen, I’ve fended off my aunts
with great difficulty. It’s only my mom. You have a plan, right?’
She skipped ahead of me. ‘Let’s make it a great first meeting of the families.
We should do something fun toget her.’
‘Like shoot each other?’
‘Shut up. It’ll be f ine. They’d love it that my boyfriend is f rom IIT.’
‘They won’t ask my grades, right?’
‘They might. But who cares, you will be in Citibank. Listen, we organize an
outing for them?’
‘I am not so sure if our families would like to spend so much time together.’
‘Of course, they would. You leave it to me. Your mom will love me more than
you after this,’ she said as we reached the campus gates.

Chetan Bhagat - 2 States The Story of My Marriage Full Novel(1)

2 States
THE STORY OF MY MARRIAGE
 

Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl  loves boy.
They get married.
In India, there are 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 Famil y has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's
famil y.
Girl and Boy still love each other.  They get married.
Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya. They are from
two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of
course, their parents don’t agree. To convert their love story into a
love marriage, the couple have a tough battle in front of them. For it is
eas y to fight and rebel, but it is much harder to convince. Will they
make it? From the author of blockbusters Five Point Someone, One
Night @ the Call Center and The 3 Mistakes of My Life, comes another
witty tale about inter-community marriages in modern India.
 

Chetan Bhagat - 2 States The Story of My Marriage Full Novel(1)