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Chetan Bhgat: Voice of  Young India

Chetan Bhgat is a renowned  Indian author, speaker columnist, known for his famous work such as Two States, Five Point Someone, The three mistakes of my life, One night @ the call centre, What young Indian wants, Half Girlfriend.

He is known as voice of young generation, the striking features of his is that he writes about India and for India.  In his work we find a deeper observation about young Indian minds and that is the point his novels are succeeded in touching younger hearts of India. Indeed, his novels are mainly focused on changing behaviour of youth from traditional to modern and his writing is coloured with sensibility as well. In a same way in 2005, he came up with his novel One Night @ The Call Centre is a witty, dark novel, tells the story of group of six employees working in Connexions Call Centre in Gurgaon, Haryana and it takes place during one night, during which all of the leading characters confront some aspects of themselves or their lives they would like to change. In between it, use of Deux Ex Machina, call of god brings a melodramatic change in the plot of the story. Mainly it deals Globalization,Nationalism as well as it can be served as Self-help book. As far as narration technique is concerned, here we have a first person narration through the protagomist character Shyam Mehra. 

Globalization

Basically the Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people and companies and among the different governments. Nowadays it is widely used to describe the interdependence of the world’s economies, cultures, and populations which was brought about by cross-border trade in good- services as well as in technology. In this era of globalization Cities become a kind of core for them to develop their global strategy. This part of the globalization, particularly how it affected the India, is well reflected in the novel. The novel takes place in fast growing city Hariyana. The very much essence of competition among the young generation and their endless efforts to climb up the ladder of success is the era of globalization is well presented in the novel. Youngsters, working in call centre named themselves differently than their originally names in order to sound their names globally. Here is the list of characters…

Shyam Mehra	Sam Mercy
Varun Malhotra	Victor
Esha Singh	Eliza Singer
Radhika Jha	Regina Jones

With the globalization, the awareness regarding the use of technology among the youth exposed India to the new level. In the novel we have call centres employees who are techno-friendly.  While working in the call centre they all have to work with computer screens and have to handle the calls. Indeed, they can tackle with it very easily. Along with being techno-friendly, the characters in this novel are trendy as well. But then even in the global world reality is that, Fackness is celebrated.

“The global trend has not left the society untouched. Due to free incoming of values,costumes,dresses and living habits of western world, the basis of Indian culture has been greatly influenced”.(P.Sam, and G.Sam.1051)

Though the conecept of globalization provides a huge scope for young generation of India,it also makes them to serve them as they want them to do. Shashi Tharoor pointed out this notion while in reviewed on Bhagat's ON@TCC.

"For Bhagat, it turn out, doesn't like call centres. He sees them as soul-destroying sweatshops, soacking up the talent and energies of young Indian who could and should be doing better for themselves and their country"

Self-help book

Life is not that much steady forward, we used to think in our fantasy world; it’s not like a steady water of ocean, rather it is like a flowing water of river, we do not know when it takes turn. 

In the life unfortunate time keeps on coming in various way, and it is the time when one need booster motivation to come out of it and to live in better way. Generally everyone has a hope in the life and from hope motivation of doing something come out.
 Basically the main intention of the self help book is to instruct reader at the end of the novel by providing them path for coming out from their problems. Along with it realistic representation of society,it  also falls under self help book. In the novel, all the characters are facing a one or another kind of problems in their life. Nowadays lots of videos and books about motivational ideas are coming up. There are several books written on the same motivational idea such as, The 7 habits of Higly Effective People by Stephen.R.Covey, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, You can win by Shiv Khera. 

Protagonist character Shyam is unhappy in his life as he lost his love, while Radhika is unhappy in her married life because of demanding mother in law and Military Uncle is not happy because he wanted to talk with his grandson. In such way all have a certain kinds of problems,among this difficult situation call from God, in a fact voice of inner call enables them to see a new path beyond that difficult situation. In such way it provides a new path to all the characters through the God’s call as well as instruct us at last, so we can consider it as a self help book.

Refrences:
https://www.hiteshgalthariya.com/2016/04/paper-13-major-themes-in-novel-one_4.html
https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2014/12/chetan-bhagars-one-night-call-center.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-help_book