Chetan Bhagat is a fascination for the youngsters as he writes about the issues that they are grappling with. The social milieu as depicted in the novels of Chetan Bhagat is alarming with the crumbling of moral values. As the youth in his novels move into a new millennium, they find themselves in a crucial point to decide whether to carry on the glorious past values of the country or to adopt the new culture endorsed in the name of westernization and globalization. They call themselves modern but they fail to understand that they cannot surpass the engrained ideologies of the past. Even though the youngsters are part of the real world, they often dwell in their own world characterised by joy and humour while the real world is highly materialistic, selfish and is quite contrary to their expectations. Chetan Bhagat deals with this theme of the psyche of youngsters in all of his novels. Moreover, the youngsters are presented as sole epicureans who could risk anything for their physical pleasures. This paper makes an attempt to bring out the ideologies of the new generation, specifically the fair gender and the existing reality and to delineate the predicament of their world in the clutches of the real life through Chetan Bhagat’s much appreciated works. Introduction Chetan Bhagat is seen more as a youth icon than just an author. Chetan also writes open-ed columns for leading newspapers, focusing on youth and national development. His characters are social rebels and his female protagonists remind us of the female characters of G. B. Shaw for their vitality viz. natural female instinct. Place of action of his novels is set in the hustle and bustle of Metropolitan Indian cities. With growing urbanization and globalization, a number o... ... middle of paper ... ...– IJELLS: An International Journal in English.- Volume 2 Issue 2. p-22-26 http://www.ijells.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Final-July-2013.pdf Kshirsagar, Anil. Globalization and the Changing Urban Realities in India in Chetan Bhagat's One Night @ The Call Center and 2 States- The Criterion: An International Journal in English. http://www.the-criterion.com/V3/n4/Anil.pdf Dayal, Abha Mrs. The changing trends in indian writing in english literature with Special reference to chetan bhagat’s fiction- Research Scholar An International Refereed e-Journal of Literary Explorations. http://researchscholar.co.in/downloads/16-mrs.-abha-dayal.pdf Vijay G. Sufferings Of Youngsters: A Critique Study On Chetan Bhagat’s Two States- The English Research Express ISSN: 2321-1164 (Online); 2347-2642 (Print) IJELL-International Journal of English Language and Literature.
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The Novel, One night @ the Call Center, is written by Chetan Bhagat (A modern Indian writer). Chetan Bhagat is seen as the voice of a young generation in India than an author. The book has won the national best-selling award in India and has also resulted in a huge blockbuster movie. The book is set in the suburbs of Delhi, India, where six people working together at a call center have a life changing night. The six character deal with the daily pressures of a call center life while experiencing serious personal problems. What becomes clear during the course of the book is that the call center job is just a small step in their lives until they have found what they want to do. Chetan wrote this book to inspire India’s young generation to change their country by aspiring higher goals in their lives. Chetan introduces the role of god as an awakening to the characters in the book. He picked the fast growing call center business in India to depict the aspirations and problems of the young generation. This book brings out Chetan’s Point of view, themes revolving around the young generation of India, and consists of deeply troubled characters.
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