Analysis Of Two States By Chetan Bhagat

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In the incredible country of India, two star crossed lovers are forced apart due to differences in religions. The novel, 2 States by Chetan Bhagat illustrates the real-life, challenging journey of two lovers. Krish and Ananya fight everyday to demonstrate the power of their love. They belong to two different states; Krish who is Punjabi (from Punjab) and Ananya who is Madhrasi (from Chennai). In this novel, it is expressed that marrying someone from a different state brings shame to society. Their love can only be complete if both families accept each other. This novel portrays how two lovers overcome any situation for their love. It demonstrates the challenging journey between falling in love to marriage. Fighting against the mentality of …show more content…

Furthermore Krish gets really upset about this and goes back to Chennai to meet Ananya and fix up all the problems. After Krish tells her to spend the day together, she says “I can’t. I have work. Besides, it is not good for my parents reputation.” (Bhagat.244). This portrays that the couples separation is more affected by their parents. Since they are from different cultures and meeting up, they decide not to stay together for the sake of their parents so their name does not get spoiled in the community. The mentality of the parents against the relationship was due to the religions they were from. This mentality had affected the couple and results in their separation. For Krish and Ananya it becomes a very challenging journey to convince their parents to be united. In order for the couple to marry, both families must respect and accept. But a boy and a girl from different religions is a very different story. The mentality behind getting two religions together is very difficult since it will ruin your name in the society. The couple, Krish and Ananya, fights everyday to save their love and overcome any problems together. Through many conflicts in their journey to marriage, both families decide to say yes and the couples wish comes

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