The triple-whammy that hits the three friends is a devastating earthquake, the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington D.C., and then, hitting particularly close to home, the attack on a train near the Godhra station in Gujarat. Govind has grand ambitions, but there are some forces that can overwhelm even the best laid plans. It's not business as usual with the business, either. It's more than just against the protocol - and Govind does more than just hit on the sister.Įventually, of course, Ish finds out, and sees it as the ultimate betrayal. You don't hit upon your best friend's sister. What rule?' I said and slammed the menu on the table. 'There is an unspoken rule among Indian men, and you broke it.' Naturally something more develops between them - but, as Omi, the first to figure that out, tells him: Govind also tutors students in maths, and is eventually coaxed into tutoring Ish's seventeen-year-old sister, to help her prepare for the medical school entrance exams. It's a business success, and seems to offer a promising future.Īnd they even discover a local youngster named Ali who is an incredibly promising cricket-talent, and take him under their wings.
So the three friends go into business together, and it works out fairly well. He wants to open a cricket shop, right in the Swami temple complex - an ideal location both because of the cheap rent and the enormous amount of traffic, especially of bored kids - and his two friends are just the partners he could use. They're cricket-obsessed youngsters, and neither Ish nor Omi have much of an idea what to do with their lives - but Govind does. Govind has two close friends, Ishaan (called Ish), who is a very talented cricket player, and Omi, whose father is the priest at the local Swamibhakti temple. He's a very good maths student, living in the sleepy metropolis of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, but has limited opportunities to study at a decent college in any case, he wants to go into business and help support his mother. Govind warns that his story: "is not trendy or sexy like the IITs and call centres", but Bhagat sits by his hospital bedside and wants to hear the whole thing. The Three Mistakes of my Life was made into a film, काई पो चे ( Kai Po Che !) in 2013, directed by Abhishek KapoorĬhetan Bhagat again feels compelled to provide a framing device for The Three Mistakes of my Life: the mistakes are not his but rather those of Govind Patel.Ī Prologue describes how Bhagat came to the story, with a suicidal Govind having sent him an e-mail and Bhagat rushing to Ahmedabad (from Singapore !) to hear the young man's story.A Story about Business, Cricket and Religion.General information | our review | links | about the author Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs. The Three Mistakes of my Life - Chetan Bhagat
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