LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Cultural Contradictions in Chetan Bhagat’s
2 States - The Story of My Marriage

C. Suganthan, M.A., M.Phil.

2 States – The story of my marriage is one of the successful works by Chetan Bhagat, a young Indian writer in English. His previous works like One Night at the Call Centre, Five Point Someone and Three Mistakes of My Life were best sellers. He was also popularized by the media for the “3 idiots” controversy, the film based on his novel Five Point Someone. 2 States is the real life story of Chetan Bhagat. Though the characters portrayed in this novel are fictitious, the plot is his real life story.

The Story

The one line of this story is the lovers who belong to North and Southern parts of India respectively, fight hard to turn their love to love marriage, and they face a lot of hurdles in the form of culture and their geographical location. This novel is a complete encounter of two different cultures and people’s rejection of their “in-law” from a diff erent culture due to various reasons. Since this novel is about marriage proposal, the exposure to the norms and customs of two different culture of a same nation could be seen.

Postcolonial Mindset, Diversity and Family Relations

Every culture has a set of customs and regulations. Especially India is a nation of diverse culture and Indian people are very much fond of their culture and preserving its purity. It is their fondness and attachment to their culture makes them reluctant to the intrusion of other culture. The only exception is their acceptance of English culture to a small extent because they colonized us nearly four centuries.

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C. Suganthan, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of English
SRM Valliammai Engineering College
(Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
SRM Nagar
Kattankulathur – 603203
Tamilnadu
India
Suganthan.Srm@Gmail.Com
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