Three Mistakes of My Life is the third novel written by Chetan Bhagat. The book was published in May 2008 and had an initial print-run of 420,000. The novel follows the story of three friends and is based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India. This is the third best seller novel by Chetan Bhagat.
Three Mistakes of My Life Summary
The setting is the city of Ahmedabad that though being urban is yet not as metropolitan as many of its metro counterparts. It retains its small town flavour in pols (colonies), traditional Indian households and small vegetarian eateries. Three Mistakes of My Life!
It has the protagonist Govind with his passion and acumen for accounts and business, it has Ishan for whom cricket is the element around which his life revolves and it has Omi, a priest’s son and loyal friend who is ready for anything that his friends are game for.
A person from Ahmadabad write an email to his favorite author, that is Chetan Bhagat telling that he is going to over dose his sleeping pills because he had committed 3 great mistakes in his life. He wanted to say this to someone and he chose his favorite author.
Bhagat become restless by reading this and goes to Ahmadabad to make sure he was okay, Bhagat finds him hospitalized, but he was shocked to see Bhagat. He wasnt even expecting that Bhagat would read his mail. Then Bhagat asks him to tell his story. That is the story of the novel.
Govid is the narrator of the story, he is a middle class person who wants to became a business person. So he starts a cricket shop along with his two best friends Ihaan, who wants to became a cricketer and Omi, who was from a Brahmin family.
Ishaan had a sister who was preparing for entrance examinations. Govid helps her with mathematics in which she was a little weak. The story progresses with many complications and Govid ends up doing those three mistakes of his life for which he can not forgive himself.
I really enjoyed the book for its good story and strong characters. Story is really good that it appeals to our emotion. I read an e-book version of the novel, since it is not a long book i enjoyed reading it. There is a film adaptation as well titled “Kai Po Che.” Overall it was a nice book and I would recommend this book.
One morning Chetan bhagat receives a suicide note through the mail. He gets surprised after reading the mail and starts researching about this uncharted guy. Moreover, he also discusses this with his mentor and after some researches, he gets into his Orkut account. Thereafter he gets some basic information about this guy such as his name, address, date of birth etc… Three Mistakes of My Life!
The next day Chetan bhagat visits the civil hospital of Ahmedabad where Govind was admitted. He tells him about his presence and also asks him about the reason he tries to kill himself.
There are three friends Govind, Omi, and Ishaan. Govind is very simple and belongs to a poor family. He is very good at studies, especially in mathematics. He wants to be an engineer but he fails to get admission to an engineering college. Although notwithstanding it does not bother him at all, because now he wants to run a business and be independent.
Whereas Ishaan loves playing cricket. he dreams to play cricket for his country and keeps high expectations from himself. He is very competitive and talented. Three Mistakes of My Life!
In the inception period, everything was going just awesome but then they realize the missing factor. Actually, one shop was not enough for the survival of these three young friends. They could not fulfil their requirements from just a small sports shop. Thereby giving decides to buy a shop in the mall but in order to buy that, they had to arrange some capital so they also decide to do a part-time job.
Ishaan starts a cricket coaching academy and Govind starts teaching kids in order to make some extra money. Ishaan also sends his sister vidya in Govind’s tuition classes. Although during this period Govind and vidya also develop a love for each other. Three Mistakes of My Life!
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About the Author
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author, columnist and youtuber. He was included in Time magazine’s list of World’s 100 Most Influential People in 2010.
