Abstract
This article tries to demonstrate the power of spiritual love in Chetan Bhagat’s autobiographical novel 2 States: The Story of My Life. Love is universal. It is a force for making the unity among people. The eternal power of love assimilates different cultures, castes, classes and traditions, and creates a harmony among them. This novel recounts the experiences and emotions of people in different states of India. This is a story about a girl and a boy from different states with the different cultures and caste system. They fall in love but have to face hardships in convincing their parents to support their marriage. In Indian culture, they cannot defy their parents' consent. A boy and a girl named Krish and Ananya want to change their love into marriage but it is as a Herculean task for them because of the cultural differences between two societies. Finally, they get success to change their dream into reality only through the true love, as it is the facilitator of interpersonal relationships. Indeed, love keeps human beings together against threats, breaks the barriers and harmonizes their dissimilarities. Based on this line, this article discusses Bhagat’s 2 States and proves the love as a boundary breaker of dissimilar cultures.
Highlights
Chetan Bhagat (b. 1974), an Indian intellectual, deals with a very serious theme in a light way in his famous novel 2 States: The Story of My Marriage (2009)
To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple has a tough battle in front of them because it is easy to fight and rebel, but much harder to convince
They want to change their love into marriage but it remains as a Titanic task for them because of the cultural differences between them
Summary
Chetan Bhagat (b. 1974), an Indian intellectual, deals with a very serious theme in a light way in his famous novel 2 States: The Story of My Marriage (2009). It is love that triumphs against all odds It is a story of inter-state marriage in India. It is a love story of a Punjabi boy Krish, and a Tamil Brahmin girl Ananya in his own style. 2 States is a story of Krish and Ananya They are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. In the novel 2 States, Chetan Bhagat explores the love relation between a boy and a girl from different caste in India. Their love is not allowed by their respective parents and the society too It is the story about a couple coming from two different states of India, who face hardships in convincing their parents for approval of their marriage
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