Half Girlfriend By Chetan Bhagat

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Half Girlfriend is an Indian English coming-of-age, young adult romance novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. The novel, set in rural Bihar, New Delhi, Patna, and New York, is the story of a Bihari boy on a quest to win over the girl he loves.

Half Girlfriend is a story of Bihari boy Madhav, a Hindi-speaking Bihari who falls in love with Riya, an influential Delhi girl on the prestigious St. Stephen’s College campus. Madhav belongs to a middle-class family, while Riya is from a higher class, and both have different lifestyles. Madhav proposes to her, but Riya rejects the proposal because she thinks they are suitable as a friend only.

A romance novel for young adults, Half Girlfriend, is a story set in different locations including Bihar, Delhi, and New York; it revolves around a boy who comes from Bihar in India and his deep longing to dazzle out the girl he is in love with.

According to the author, the book is meant for the “non-English-types” and reveals the utter dissatisfaction and language problems a young man from Bihar, who speaks Bhojpuri and knows little about the ways of big cities, had to wade through as he got admitted at St. Stephen’s College in the national capital, a place that signified sophistication. He falls for a rich, intelligent, and high-class girl from the city. Although the girl never fully accepts this relationship, she nevertheless gives the nod to be his “half girlfriend”.

Highlighting the new modern love story, as the name suggests, it revolves around the unique idea of a half-girlfriend and how modern-day relationship moves from good, bad to exciting things. Meanwhile, the novel will also bestow some beautiful sights seen of Patna (Bihar) and New York.

So, will Madhav succeed in making Riya fall in love with him? Will Riya accept him or not? All these answers are available in this 280-page long book. This love story is beyond living in a relationship and love at first sight type of love story, and Chetan Bhagat’s creative writing has made it a unique love story.

The novel has also been published in Hindi and Gujarati versions as well. A Bollywood film adaptation is planned and will be directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Ekta Kapoor and Bhagat.

Introduction

Half Girlfriend is a novel by Chetan Bhagat. It tells the story of Madhav Jha, an ordinary guy, who falls in love with Riya Somani, a rich girl from Delhi University. The book was released on June 20, 2014, by Hodder & Stoughton publishing house.

Half Girlfriend Book Details

The book Half Girlfriend is written by Chetan Bhagat and published in 2014 by Rupa Publications. This book is available in the market in paperback format and has 304 pages. The ISBN of this book is 9788129118545

Half Girlfriend Book Summary

Half Girlfriend is Chetan Bhagat’s most recent novel and tells the story of Madhav Jha, a student in Delhi University. Madhav is struggling to balance his studies with his passion for cricket, but when he meets Riya Somani, the daughter of a rich businessman, his life takes an unexpected turn. The two fall in love over their shared passion for books and music—but Riya has set herself some rules about relationships that might put a strain on their relationship…

Half Girlfriend Book Review

Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat is a romantic novel. The story of Half Girlfriend revolves around Riya, who has just got admission in the post-graduation program at IIT-Delhi, and Madhav Jha, who is a perfect blend of brains and brawn. He is also studying at IIT Delhi.

Madhav’s family wants him to make a name for himself through academics but his father has other plans for his son’s career. His father wants him to become somebody who could help others grow as well so he convinces him to join politics instead of going on with academics.

Madhav doesn’t want to do it because he knows that politics means taking bribes and getting involved in corruption which goes against everything he stands for. Still, when his father insists, he gives up on returning home until he completes his political degree from college so that everyone will see how far he can go with hard work rather than connections or money.

The book explores their relationship from its inception until its end, where things go wrong between them despite everything being right about their love story.

Half Girlfriend Author Details

Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker. He writes novels about young Indians in contemporary urban life. His first novel Five Point Someone (2004), was a bestseller and has been translated into 35 languages.Six other blockbusters followed it: One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008), 2 States: The Story of My Marriage (2009), Revolution 2020 (2011), What Young India Wants (2013), Half Girlfriend(2014) and Making India Awesome(2016).

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