![]() ![]() Their common passion – Basketball – makes for an ice-breaker and forms the connect which matures through several stages. ![]() Here he meets Riya Somani, a chic girl belonging to one of Delhi’s elite families, who unlike Madhav is super-fluent in English. Madhav Jha is a blue-blooded, national-level basketball player hailing from a small town in Bihar, and in spite of his poor grasp over English, manages to score a seat in Delhi’s reputed St Stephens college in sports quota. ![]() *SPOILER ALERT (Not anything major though – I’ve ensured not to give away important plot-twists)* Did I like Half Girlfriend? My answer’s YES. The cinematic adaptations of almost all his books were good ( 3 Idiots and Kai Po Che were exceptional cinematic adaptations, while 2 States the book scored over 2 States the movie.) Enough about that though, moving over the actual topic now. I had an alternative like/dislike relationship with his work – I loved Five Point Someone, disliked Three Mistakes Of My Life, loved Two States, disliked Revolution 2020, and was totally pissed off with What Young India Wants. I loved Chetan Bhagat as a story-teller since Five Point Someone, and have followed up reading all his book released since then. In fact, I consider myself one of those “non-English types” to whom this book is dedicated to. ![]() I’ve always maintained that a book should be entertaining, irrespective of the language it’s written in or the quality of literature used in composing it. ![]()
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