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For example, the book addresses the world’s (especially Indian) obsession with fair skin.

I know this is a very common plot that people have read or seen in a movie way too many times, but this book is worth a read because it addresses some deep and social issues that most stories like this ignore.

The novel explores the life of Krish Malhotra a Punjabi boy (North Indian), who falls in love with a Tamilian girl (South Indian) called Ananya Swaminathan at the prestigious university known as IIMA, and their quest to convince their parents to overcome their differences and agree to the marriage. Maybe it’s because I finally got the answer to what had puzzled an Indian film fanatic like me: Why did India have a North Indian film industry famously known as Bollywood and a South Indian film industry? Maybe it’s because it was my first Chetan Bhagat book. Although I enjoyed reading all his books, 2 STATES was my absolute favorite. In fact, I was so impressed that I went on to read five out of the seven novels Chetan Bhagat wrote. That said, none of the resources I used while learning more about India was as funny or as informative as Chetan Bhagat’s 2 STATES. I have spent most of the free time in my gap year reading books by Indian authors, trying to teach myself how to dance Bollywood style, and watching almost only Indian cinema. If you have read my reviews before (I hope you have), then you must know a little bit about my interest in India. “The world’s most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us.”