• P. Iyyappan
• Dr. V. Suresh

Bhagat has criticized the traditional mentality of Indians for marriage. The diversity of the culture and conflict is realistically portrayed in the novel 2States. They are in many conflicts on culture and civilizations. Through the protagonist of the novel Krish and Ananya, Bhagat has raised the greatest issue of love affair of middle-class youth notably, lovers from different religion and castes. They are faced lots of struggle for willingness from their parents. Love marriages around the world differ from India, in this world the love marriages have to decide by the boy and the girl, but in India it has to decide by the parents and their religion, caste and relatives. The major reason that they are not blessing the lovers come from different culture, tradition and civilization. Thus the novelist clearly pictures the various conflicts of parents and the family members. This sort of clash and conflict are common in the country particularly in Indian marriages. In the marriages, the parents and the relatives expect the bride or the bridegroom on a mutual ground in various traditional, cultural, social and personal. The attitude of Indian parents, the conflict of cultural clash, the conflicting state of Krish and Ananya with their parents are vividly portrayed by the novelist. Further, 2 States portrays the cultural class and also exposes human psyche and the conflict, at the Aurobind Ashram, Krish confronts with a Guru and he has a vehement friction with his father. Hence, the novel distinctively has depicted the inner conflict of him.

Introduction, Culture and Indian Life, North South Encounter, Conclusion.

"NORTH-SOUTH ENCOUNTER IN CHETAN BHAGAT’S 2 STATES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no.d282-d287, November-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211338.pdf

"NORTH-SOUTH ENCOUNTER IN CHETAN BHAGAT’S 2 STATES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 11, page no. ppd282-d287, November-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2211338.pdf