“Don't quit. It will happen one day.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Sometimes it is hard to explain why you find a person beautiful.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Tiny bumps in time shape our lives, even though we spend hours trying to make long-term plans.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Girlfriends come and go but, thank God, mothers don’t break up with you.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Girls never tell you anything straight out anyway. You have to interpolate and extrapolate their responses to figure out what’s on their mind.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“There are things some people can never understand. There’s no point telling them.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Don’t fall in love with her again, a voice within me warned. You never fell out of love with her, another voice countered with an evil laugh.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“On the court our occasional touches meant little. In the room, her jostling me felt electric. I wanted to grab her tight, but didn’t. I didn’t want a scene like last time.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Suddenly, in this lap of luxury, I felt lonely. I missed home, my hostel room and my mother, all at the same time. It is funny how class works. The moment you are placed in a higher one, a part of you feels terrified and alone.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Even though I was in pain, I remembered the golden rule: if you live in a hostel, never throw away food.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Ignore girls and they can’t leave you alone.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Would you rather take a sensible student, or someone who speaks a foreign language well?’ My”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“The worst wait in life is waiting for someone to text back. Riya”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“I don’t think Indians have learnt much since that day. We remain as divided as ever. Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Someone who will love you like you deserve to be loved. I”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“What you say matters, not the language,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Hello, Madhav,’ Mr Somani said. He shook my hand in an extra-friendly way, as if to compensate for the doubts of a few seconds ago.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“I can’t let someone I just met get the better of me, I thought, shaking my head. I switched off the lights and lay down. I had to catch an early-morning flight to Mumbai the next day and had a four-hour window of sleep. I couldn’t wait to reach home. However,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Listen, I don’t have the time or patience for this,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“The villagers waited silently. There is something about people with no hope for a better future in life. You can identify them from their expression. Most of all, it is in their eyes, which”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Maybe when you start liking people, you start liking everything about them.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“High-class people have this concept called space, which means you cannot ask them questions or give them opinions about certain aspects of their life.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Live with dignity. Live for others, that is how one earns respect,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell. Anyway,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“Anyway, there is a reason I am telling you this. You may think things are not connected, but think about this. If there was no Battle of Buxar, or if it had had a different outcome, the British may not have ruled India like they did. There would be none of the ‘English high class, rest low class’ bullshit that happens in India. There would not even be a St. Stephen’s College. Just imagine, if only the jokers in Buxar had done things a little differently, maybe the white man would be speaking Hindi and Bhojpuri would be the new cool. I”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“If you were not sleeping in history class you would have heard of the Great Battle of Buxar in 1764. Frankly, it should be renamed the Embarrassing Battle of Buxar. The battle was fought between the British East India Company and the combined armies of three Indian rulers—Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal king, Shah Alam II. The Indian side had forty thousand troops. The British had less than ten thousand. Guess what happened? The British clobbered us. How? Well, the three Indian kings ended up fighting with each other. Each Indian king had cut a side deal with the British and worked against the other. In a day, the British had won the battle and taken control of most of India. I don’t think Indians have learnt much since that day. We remain as divided as ever. Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell.”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
“in history class you would have heard of the Great Battle of Buxar in 1764. Frankly, it should be renamed the Embarrassing Battle of Buxar. The battle was fought between the British East India Company and the combined armies of three Indian rulers—Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal; Shuja-ud-Daula, the Nawab of Awadh; and the Mughal king, Shah Alam II. The Indian side had forty thousand troops. The British had less than ten thousand. Guess what happened? The British clobbered us. How? Well, the three Indian kings ended up fighting with each other. Each Indian king had cut a side deal with the British and worked against the other. In a day, the British had won the battle and taken control of most of India. I don’t think Indians have learnt much since that day. We remain as divided as ever. Everyone still tries to cut a deal for themselves while the nation goes to hell. Anyway,”
― Chetan Bhagat, quote from Half Girlfriend
Chetan Bhagat
Born place: in New Delhi, India
Born date April 22, 1974
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