Since this is the last blog of the year, I would like to take the time to blog about a book I recently read just for fun ..yes, I have started to read for fun- all thanks to AP Literature. (Ms.Clinch, I can see you smiling and saying “goal accomplished!) Anyways the book is called “2 States” by Chetan Bhagat, one of my favorite authors. This book is full of interracial commentary on marriage and how marrying from different parts of the state can cause traditional chaos. Bhagat also emphasizes that marriage is not just about spending the life with your husband or wife, but with the whole family; so technically, one is not just marrying the love of their lives, but their families as well. As weird as this sounds, in the Indian culture, it hold full validity. India is such a state in which there are a plethora of different traditions, languages, and even ways of living and because of such large and minute differences, often times families reject to be open minded in society to maintain peace and carry on their traditions (kinda of like survival of the fittest in the theory of evolution- you live to mate with the same kind that is unflawed and pass the genes to the next generation); similarity is our Indian society that has a mental set of maintaining tradition. What society hasn't realized yet is that each generation has evolved and become more modern- they have learned to accept the differences within society and build friendships. In fact, evolution within these upcoming generations are vital, even with the parents- and this is what Chetan Bhagat emphasizes. He states that older individuals have a crystallized cognition, unable recognize that change is good, and unable cooperate with the new generations. But the problem does not lie within her parents, it lies within the chil. he child does not take the time to teach the parents why cross-traditional marriage is necessary, why i is beneficial, why they need his to happen; rather, they scream at their parents and lie, perhaps even flee...and this is totally wrong. Nonetheless, this novel has sparked my mind, making me realize the real reason to my parents disapproval of some things- they have a crystallized perception of how we should live and don't’ want to change it, but ti is my duty as a child to go ahead and explain rather than be “whiney” and act childish.
