• A.BILAL AHAMED
• Dr.R.CHAKKARAVARTHY

Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author, columnist, and screen writer. Chetan Bhagat’s novels have been adapted as movies. He is one of the most successful writers and his novels awarded as best-selling novels. He quits his banking career in 2009 in order to bring changes in the society. He decided to lead his whole life as a writer. Chetan Bhagat introduced some unique trends in the Indian English Literature. He has pointed out the interest of the youth and has written about their ripe energies into proper direction. There is no wonder if the readers applaud him as the youth writer. His novels touch an emotional chord of the third generation. By chance or choice all the novels of Chetan Bhagat have numeric in the title which is associated with one another. According to him, the writer’s prime duty is to strike a chord, and not to please only certain circles. His first novel Five Point Someone took him to the peak of popularity. In Five Point Someone, Chetan Bhagat focuses on the lives of three friends of IIT Delhi, Hari Kumar, Alok Gupta and Ryan Oberai. They are not happy with the teaching method. Students are instructed to mug the subjects in order to score good grades. This system does not help to enrich their mental ability. He exhibits the current scenario of the education system in India. This paper discusses Chetan Bhagat’s realistic approach and thoughts in Five Point Someone.

Realism,education system at IIT's

"REALISM IN CHETAN BHAGAT’S “FIVE POINT SOMEONE: WHAT NOT TO DO AT IIT”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.650-653, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y20.pdf

"REALISM IN CHETAN BHAGAT’S “FIVE POINT SOMEONE: WHAT NOT TO DO AT IIT”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp650-653, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906Y20.pdf