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I am Bhavna Sosa from Department of English MKBU. This task assigned by Dr. Prof. Dilip Barad sir. I am going to discuss some questions based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Revolution Twenty 20.
Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat is a famous Indian author who penned down novels that hit the market with great success. All of them were bestsellers since their release and have been filmed by famous Bollywood directors. Chetan Bhagat is considered a youth icon rather than as just an author. With his vivid and humorous way of depicting stories, he has inspired reading habits in many young Indians. He is also a good columnist and writes columns for many leading newspapers. According to him, novels are entertainment tools through which he expresses his views and opinions about society and the youth. Development issues and national issues are addressed through columns. Chetan's columns are written in a way that directly points out the issues within our country and in many times it has even triggered discussions in the parliament. He is not only a good writer but also a motivational speaker and has given many motivational speeches at many colleges, organisations and companies.
Five Point Someone (2004),
One Night @ The Call Center (2005),
The Three Mistakes Of My Life (2008)
Two States (2009).
About novel
When she comes to know that Raghav has no time to spare with her, she comes to Gopal who happens to be her childhood friend. Gopal Mishra indulges in corruption as he joins hands with MLA Shuklaji. Though he fails to be an engineer, he becomes the owner of an engineering institute. Raghav Kashyap is a brilliant boy who succeeds in entrance examination and secures a degree in engineering. However, he leaves the job offered by Infosys and starts to work as a journalist to eradicate corruption in the society.
1)Social realism in the novel 'Revolution Twenty20'.
Chetan Bhagat depicts the social evils, corruption and problems of young generation through
his fifth novel Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition (2011). He has illustrated love with different shades and attitudes. While reading about the relationship between Gopal and Aarti, the readers feel that they are good companions. However, due to his academic failure Aarti leaves him and goes with Raghav, a brilliant IIT student. So in the beginning, the author shows the love triangle. In the course of time, Aarti comes to know that Raghav is overambitious and has no time to spare with her. Being desperate, she comes back to Gopal, her school friend and has a sex with him. However, Gopal feels very bad and decides to help Raghav in his mission. He also understands that Aarti is the best companion for Raghav only. Therefore, he plays a drama of having prostitutes to show his infidelities to Aarti. Finally, Aarti goes back to Raghav. It is here the author presented the platonic love.
Chetan Bhagat has selected two cities- Varanasi and Kota intentionally. He wants to show that the time has changed and the students from Varanasi are also eager to go to Kota for higher/technical education. Gopal Mishra comes from a middle class family background. His father wants to make him an engineer and also struggles a lot. However, Gopal is not interested in being an engineer. Instead, he aspires to become a rich and powerful person.
2) Significance of the title 'Revolution Twenty20'
Chetan Bhagat's Revolution Twenty 20 is a interesting form of title. So we find in the novel 27 times revolution words used. Chetan Bhagat’s latest novel isn’t about a revolution, as its title suggests. It is the story of a love triangle, which takes place during Varanasi’s engineering entrance exams. The love story takes place in Varanasi's holy ghats. It is not as fast as the river that runs through one of India’s busiest temple cities, which is the backdrop to ‘Revolution 2020. It’s a story about childhood best friends Raghav, Gopal and Aarti, who struggle to find love and happiness.
The novel has given the title revolution 2020 it is suggested that there is some kind of revolution which raghav did against the corrupt people and for that he started Newspaper revolution 2020. As no one else other than Raghav can bring about a revolution in India by becoming the MLA and who knows CM. This is the only reason why the book is named Revolutions 2020- to make the conclusion sound logical.
3) Do you think that an opportunity for a good novel is wasted because the story is told from Gopal's perspective? Can it be better if narrated from Raghav or Aarti's perspective? How would it be better if it was narrated from Raghav or Aarti's perspective?
Gopal and Aarti with all his heart, and consequently hates Raghav Kashyap, his one-time best friend, and her current boyfriend. Gopal is wealthier and more monetarily successful than Raghav, and at one point of time manages to convince Aarti to leave Raghav and be with him. Now, Gopal has everything he could have possibly wanted - he has become rich, owns a flourishing business, has the support of a powerful politician and has won the love of his life.
It is quite unseemingly that Gopal would abandon all this just because he sees Raghav “helping the needy”. The ending is a complete character assassination of Gopal - he abandons his love just because of what a farmer says about Raghav. Even if such a mental transition could occur, it is unlikely that MLA Raman Lal would permit it, since it would mean that Raghav marries Aarti and contests elections from Varanasi, effectively depriving Shukla of an assembly seat. A realistic ending would have been Gopal winning Aarti, and abandoning his corrupt ways due to her influence over him (for those who want a happy ending), or Gopal winning Aarti and continuing with his corrupt ways.
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