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Chetan Bhagat


"Chetan Bhagat" (born on April 22, 1974) is an author, a columnist, a screenwriter and also a speaker. He is the author of the novels, "Five Point Someone" published in about 2004, then "One Night @(at) the Call Center" published in 2005, and "The 3(Three) Mistakes of My Life" published in 2008, "2 States" published in 2009, "Revolution 2020" published in around 2011, and "What Young India Wants" published in 2012 and also "Half Girlfriend" published in 2014. The New York Times quoted him as "the best-selling English author in India’s history." in about 2008.

Bhagat was born in Delhi in a Punjabi family. His father was an officer in the army (Lt Col) and his mother was a government employee in the agricultural department. He is married to Anusha Suryanarayanan, a Tamil Brahmin.

Bhagat is the author of bestselling novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), What Young India Wants (2012) (speeches and columns) and Half Girlfriend (2014). All the books have remained bestsellers since their release and four have inspired Bollywood films {(including the hit films 3 Idiots, Kai Po Che!, 2 States) and Hello (One Night @ The Call Centre)}. In 2008, The New York Times cited Bhagat as "the biggest-selling English-language novelist in India’s history". Time magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Bhagat voices his opinion frequently at leading events. He quit his investment banking career in 2009, to focus on writing. He debuted as a screenplay writer with the 2014 film Kick.

Among his other activities, Bhagat is known to deliver speeches at programmes organised by corporates, educational institutes, newspapers and media houses like Dainik Bhaskar, The Times of India and at other conferences apart from writing columns for the same.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Novels

  1. Five Point Someone
  2. One Night @ the Call Center
  3. The 3 Mistakes of My Life
  4. 2 States
  5. Revolution 2020
  6. Half Girlfriend
  7. One Indian Girl

Non-Fiction

  1. What Young India Wants
  2. Making India Awesome

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