The movie 3 idiots made him a bigger star than its star cast! Suddenly the world awoke to the writings of one who had seen life from a very contemporary perspective and written it in the most interesting and thought-provoking of ways. An engineer from the famed IIT Delhi, he went on to do an MBA from the equally famed IIM Ahmedabad. Employment saw him with the likes of Peregrine Investments Holdings, Goldman Sachs, and Deutsche Bank, all in Hong Kong.
Chetan had a thing with writing from early on which saw him write some of his best novels while in employment (One Night @ the Call Center and Five Point Someone happened while he was at Goldman Sachs). His “The 3 Mistakes of My Life” sold five lakh copies in three months!
Besides writing novels, these days Bhagat writes screenplays for his movies and is also a known motivational speaker who has conducted sessions in over 300 organizations in 50 cities worldwide.
And in all that he writes, including his quotable quotes, Chetan Bhagat the ex-banker infuses his own sense of being prudent and practical in the backdrop of principles, and a sense of dignity and respect. Some of his more famous quotes which are sure to resonate with every reader is mentioned below.
- Don’t quit. It will happen one day.
- Forgiving doesn’t make the person who hurt you feel better, it makes you feel better.
- When you fly high, People will throw stones at you. Don’t Look down. Just fly higher so the stones won’t reach you.
- There are two ways of spreading light- to be candle or the mirror that reflects it.
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