He is definitely an aspiring personality to many generations, but he never got the same enthusiasm from his own father, who tends to be the one who should be an icon in every child’s life. Chetan Bhagat, a very popular and well-establish Indian author has articulated dark father-son relationship in each of his novel, be it 5 Point Someone, 2 States or One Night at Call Center.

He doesn’t like to mention bad stints of his father, but his heart said everything during an interview that how bad experience he had in teens at home. He was disappointed and never shared a warm relationship with his father but he confessed that 2 States helped him to forgive is father. “I don't like abuse of power and somewhere down the line, I felt he was not fair to my mother. She did a lot for him, the family, the in-laws, but she never got her due and it was a life lived just like a lot of Indian women who do that. When I was very young, I didn't realise it but by the time I was a teenager, I started realising and resented it. I was always a rebel. My father being in the army was authoritarian and would deny her simple things like meeting her family, as it would make her happy.

Maybe, it was a result of his own inner frustrations, but he would not give her freedom and I had to write 2 States a) to understand where my father was coming from and b) to forgive him. It was difficult for me to forgive him, but 2 States helped me forgive my father,” he said.

What relationship they share now? Have you forgiven him? “He lives in Delhi and I rarely meet him. I last met him at a family function two years back. Even if not forgiven completely, there is no anger in me today and at least I have reached a stage of indifference. I am still working on it. I have a disproportionate influence today, so I can say these things and I am sure he has his own side.”

Source: TNN