Chetan Bhagat

Our second session was Chetan Bhagat’s talk. I didn’t have high expectations for his talk because some people told me that he is not very loved in India because his writing is not like a book an adult writes.My friend told me that he writes like a 15-year-old and doesn’t write like an adult. He was late for his talk and didn’t seem to really care and notice that he was late, as he casually walked towards the stage with his coffee. I don’t want to be those people who judge people without knowing them fully, but my first impression towards him was not really good.

However, his humour at in the beginning of his speech made the audience get passionate about his talk. He talked about the ways to success and how to achieve big things. The most remarkable part of his talk was about adaptation and change. He said, “Those who adapt and change success” and this made me realise that changing is important for people to notice you and be successful. He explained a lot about “change” and taught us the importance of it. Chetan Bhagat contributes to the change in India to improve India as a country, and to do this he influences the reader to be well-known in India.

“Be so busy improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others”, said Chetan Bhagat. Linking back to the rumours about his not very mature books and how people don’t have much respect for him, I think that he did that for a change – to deliver his story to more people. And connecting to the fact that he writes like a 15-year-old means that he might want teenagers to understand his language well. Therefore, I have noticed how he is actually adapting and changing for his success.