

His ‘2 States ’or The Story of My Marriage is fourth novel in which he has given an autobiographical touch.

He was listed in the top 100 celebrities of India in 2012 by Forbes India, and also recognized in the category of power list by India today in 2013.We see sometimes he tweets on various sensitive issues like, corruptions, social evils and politics which spark controversies among public, so he has to face great contention on account of his unnecessary intervention in some current issues. In 2010, he was included among hundred most influential people of the world by ‘Time magazine’ besides it in 2011 he was recognized among 100 most relative people in business by Fast Company. He has been rewarded many awards and recognitions from different reputed agencies, at the time of pursuing his masters degree at IIM Chetan Bhagat was rewarded ‘Most Outstanding Student’ of his batch. He has become successful in accomplishing his dreams by bringing change in the thinking of Indian youths to a great extent.

He is also a column writer in which we finds a different kind of spark, many of his columns had been the subject of serious discussion among intellectual persons in Indian Parliament. Bhagat is a motivational speaker and believes in the power of motivation, according to him it works better than intelligence in human life. He was brought up in a middle class Punjabi family. He is famous for writing on modern issues and considered youth’s icon for dealing with contemporary issues. Keywords: Custom, Conflicts, Interstates, Nuptials, Contemporary.Ĭhetan Bhagat is an eminent literary figure in Indian fiction writing. He has portrait a vibrant view of custom conflict and diversities.

Bhagat has given an autobiographical touch to this novel. In India inter religion marriage are not accepted, if there is the matter of interstate nuptials love birds have to face great obstacles to win their parents and relatives consent. He has presented a realistic portraiture of custom conflict between two contrary states Delhi and Tamil. Bhagat is known youth’s icon for dealing modern issues in his writing, and as a famous screen writer of contemporary age for film adaptations. These distinct cultures and customs prevailing in India somewhere create differences in opinion. India is a secular country where people following different custom reside. The purpose of the present research paper is to portrait the evincement of custom conflicts in Inter states nuptials through Chetan Bhagat’s 2 States or the Story of My Marriage. In modern age custom conflicts is the cause of various hazardous problems taking place in contemporary society.
