Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Chetan Bhagat's one more 'not to do'!

Dayananda Meitei / DNA
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 9:06 IST


Ahmedabad: Among many imposters, Chetan Bhagat himself was a regular user of Facebook. However, the author of bestsellers like 'Five Point Someone' won't be responding to your mails or messages on Facebook as much as he used to earlier.
In his effort to become a full-fledged writer, the banker-turned-writer is currently trying to spend more time with himself and cut down on his corporate ways.
Bhagat said, "Having lived a corporate life, I used to stay constantly connected with mails and social sites. But now I have started to cut it down."
Advised by 'Rock On' director Abhishek Kapoor to refrain from heavy socialising habits, the author has started leaving behind his corporate ways of staying continuously connected through emails on blackberries and updates and scraps on social sites. Kapoor is currently directing another movie which is an adaptation of Bhagat's third book 'The 3 Mistakes Of My Life'. "I am finding it very helpful for my writing," he said.
Talking about how the young people today are getting more and more entangled with the social sites and uploading many personal matters, Bhagat said, "These social sites are passive entertainment and do not enhance your creativity and imagination." Pointing out that it depends on how much time they spend on it, Bhagat suggested that the social sites could be a distraction for youths and students if they become obsessed to it. He said, "It depends whether you use it for six minutes or six hours a day." Sharing details about his fourth book, which is expected to hit bookstalls by Diwali this year, he said, "It will be a love story and very much like my first book (Five Point Someone)."


The IIT graduate who pursued his post-graduation in IIM-A in 1995-97 batch, was present in the city at an event called 'PROTON Academic Conclave '09 at Proton School of Business on SG Highway.
Proton to start with 200 students Proton Business School will be launching its first batch of MBA students in the city. The business schools plans to start its first batch with 200 students. Talking about Proton as a chain of schools, director of Strategic Initiatives at Proton, Manas Fuloria said, "We are planning to set up around 30 campuses in the country in five years. Our aim is to become Indian School of Business (ISB) for the middle class section in the country." Proton Business School in the city is the second campus in the country after its campus in Indore.

Chetan Bhagat has become the biggest-selling English-language novelist in India's history. He is the author of three bestsellers:Five Point Someone, One Night @ the Call Center and The Three Mistakes of My Life.

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