Chetan Bhagat is an multi talented author who wrote several books featuring the younger generation for their motivation, and, inspiration. Some of them are, One Indian Girl, half Girlfriends, One Night at the Call Center: A Novel, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, What Young India Wants etc. He was born, and, brought up in New Delhi. His father was an army officer, and, mother was a government servant in the Agricultural Department. He completed his school at the Army Public School in Dhaula Kuan in Delhi. After which he received a undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 1995, and, his MBA degree from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 1997.
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He worked for Goldman Sachs in their Hong Kong office as an investment banker for nearly a decade and wrote ‘Five Point Someone’ while in Hong Kong. When he got fired, he then had to move to Mumbai to focus full-time on his writing career.
Here on his birthday special we bring you some of his beautiful quotes from his diaries
“The real middle class India that has always been looking for a voice that is its very own. I write about it because I belong to it.”― Chetan Bhagat
“When you fly high, People will throw stones at you. Don’t Look down. Just fly higher so the stones won’t reach you.”― Chetan Bhagat
“I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.”― Chetan Bhagat
“Forgiving doesn’t make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“Jealousy is a rather enjoyable emotion to watch.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“The world’s most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can’t even tell who is who.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It’s ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.”
― Chetan Bhagat
“Love? I need a lot of love.”
Of course you do. Everyone does. It’s funny that we never say it. It’s OK to scream, ‘I’m starving’ in public if you are hungry; it’s OK to make a fuss and say, ‘I’m so sleepy’, if you are tired; but somehow we cannot say, ‘I need some more love.’ Why can’t we say it? It’s just as basic a need.”
― Chetan Bhagat, One Night at the Call Center
“Don’t be serious, be sincere.”
― Chetan Bhagat, Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
“When a woman comes into your life, things organize themselves.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“The word “future” and females is a dangerous combination.”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“I’ve told you the four thunderstorms – disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die”
― Chetan Bhagat
“Rules, after all, are only made so you can work around them”
― Chetan Bhagat, 2 States: The Story of My Marriage
“A ‘very good friend’ is a dangerous category with Indian girls. From here you can either make fast progress or if you play it wrong, you can go down to the lowest category invented by the Indian women ever – rakhi brother. Rakhi brother really means ‘you can talk to me, but don’t even freaking think about anything else you bore’.”
― Chetan Bhagat, The 3 Mistakes of My Life
