The best thing that keeps me up is books. A part of my salary every month is allocated for books. Yesterday after I returned from office after working 2 extra hours, I picked up the book -Revolution 2020 - the book I had pre-ordered in August itself. I wont reveal all. But when the protagonist goes to Kota, I remembered my day in Rajkot. I too had felt like an utter failure. When he came and his father died, I remembered my Baa and her last breath. When the revolution began, I found it exciting - "Everyone should do their bit". When the childhood friends fell in love again, it felt... good. After all he had suffered a lot. And they both loved each other so much.
But WHY? WHY WHY WHY?? Why did Gopal hurt her in the end? None of the two will ever forget the time they had together. Time they spent as children, friends, lovers, soulmates. If Keshav taught him a lesson, why couldn't Gopal change it himself? Or do the favor to Raghav and not hurt the sweet girl, Aarti! Everything could not be good as then Raghav could be all alone and he would never be as smart and brave as he is. But? But, why? Raghav could try living happily or okay, Gopal could convince both of them? Why did he hurt her? Why is he still sending envelopes and the scrapbook? Oh mine! How could he do this? How could YOU do this Chetan Bhagat?
I feel like throwing the novel or myself or banging the laptop on the floor (though I wont cuz I respect all these things). But why such an end?
I could feel myself in the protagonist and then this?
Everything happened to Gopal because of his fate. Perhaps all was written by God.
GOPAL WAS NOT A BAD GUY. He had a desire to be rich because he lost his parents out of poverty. His childhood was malnourished and INDIA DOES NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE POOR. So what do these poor yet ambitious people do? They succumb to the society and try easier ways to make money. All they want is to make, is money so that their gonna be families do not suffer what they have suffered.
Every Indian child is born with a dream in eyes. They are ambitious souls. They want to live everything. Go everywhere. Explore what they see. Make things simpler, better. Their life is complex but they think with their hearts and they always assure their hearts that one day your dream will come true. They want to be poet, painter, chef, journalist, interior decorator or a NASA scientist.
This Indian child protects this dream in the heart until one day he faces reality -You first need to fill your stomach, you need to make a living, you need to increase the standard of living, you need to live your parents' dream (which is mostly making an engineer). And he runs behind this same routine to make money. The same routine to gain reputation, to gain respect which comes with money. In India, if we have money, people will summon you as someone who is "understanding", "caring", "smart", "intellectual" and a "diamond". But at the same time, if he really has all these but is not making enough money, he will be called a "loser"
We live in a country where parents want to brag about their children to their friends and relatives but in all this they never ask their child why he/she is feeling down .. Sometimes their wishes, dreams become a child's dreams and sometimes their attitude becomes a child's reason to fail in life. If he makes good, they will proudly say, "My Son". Otherwise... "Nalayak ko padhna toh hai nai" Do they consider sitting near their child, giving them a warm hug, kissing on forehead and ask: "Wat's the problem? Tell us. We will solve it."
So dear CB, what do u mean? That such children dont have an opportunity to live happily? They could be happy ! Gopal could fix it by fixing a meeting with both of them together! What did you do of my story? The story in which I was seeing myself in the beginning, middle?
Now what I conclude is:
1) My head is bursting inside out (Thanks to the climax).
2) Varanasi is going to be a better place as Raghav is going to win the elections.
3) Gopal and Aarti will never forget the time they had together. Though Aarti has a family. Gopal.....
4) I had a long day and I've to reach office in next 3 hrs. (Routine)
5) I still wont get any sleep cuz I'll keep finding ways to make all 3 of the happy.... I mean c'mon this should not be the end. A guy who gave his life to a gal.... Does this in the climax??????
NO. My heart is not ready to accept. No matter what .... Urgh :@
Why? :'(
