It is said that utility defines aesthetics. Many eyebrows will be raised when this statement is associated with Chetan Bhagat. Many critics have posted him as 'incorrect' and many have shelved him in the like of a Sidney Sheldon. But what many have missed is that he has hit the first generation reader. He has a massive audience and this is momentous. In an age where life is being measured in 'micro-chips', the change in style, content and language is inevitable. Literature mirrors the time in which it exists.
Professor, Dept. of English, Gautam Buddha Mahila College, Gaya Magadh University, Bodh-Gaya
