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One night @ the call center

One Night @ the Call Center by Chetan Bhagat

★ Short Intro about Chetan Bhagat:

• Born: 22 April 1974 (age 45 years), New Delhi
• Movies: 3 Idiots, 2 States, Half Girlfriend, Kai Po Che!, Kick, Hello, Nanban
• Education: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (1995–1997)
Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and columnist, known for his Indian-English novels about young middle-class Indians. Bhagat was included in Time magazine's list of World's 100 Most Influential People in 2010.

★ Novels

• Five Point Someone (2004)
• One Night @ the Call Center (2005)
• The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008)
• 2 States (2009)
• Revolution 2020 (2011)
• Half Girlfriend (2014)
• One Indian Girl (2016)
• The Girl in Room 105 (2018)

★ Non-fiction

• What Young India Wants (2012)
• Making India Awesome (2015)
• India Positive (2019)

★ One Night @ the Call Center (2005)


-)  One Night @ the Call Center revolves around a group of six call centre employees working at the Connexions call centre in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. It takes place during one night, during which all of the leading characters confront some aspect of themselves or their lives they would like to change. The story uses a literal deus ex machina when the characters receive a phone call from God.

~•  Define and discuss the characteristics of Self – help book in on@tcc.

What is the importance of the Call from God in the novel? Do you believe that under the law of probability and possibility, there are once in a while chances of such happenstance?

• Meaning of Self-help book:

A self-help book is one that is written with the intention to instruct its readers on solving personal problems. The books take their name from Self-Help, an 1859 best-seller by Samuel Smiles, but are also known and classified under "self-improvement", a term that is a modernized version of self-help.



• Characteristics of Self-help book:

~ Self-help books often focus on popular psychology such as romantic relationships, or aspects of the mind and human behaviour which believers in self-help feel can be controlled with effort.

~ Self-help books typically advertise themselves as being able to increase self-awareness and performance, including satisfaction with one's life.

~ They often say that they can help you achieve this more quickly than with conventional therapies. Many celebrities have marketed self-help books including Jennifer Love Hewitt, Oprah Winfrey, Elizabeth Taylor, Charlie Fitzmaurice, Tony Robbins, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra and Cher.

-)   We all know that Chetan Bhagat is known for the young generation. He wrote upon youth and adults. Young generations are extremely interested in Chetan Bhagat's works because of the writes and solve the youth's problems.

-)  In popular culture human easily suffer from human frustration. A self-help book is a significance for youth because they solve problems themselves. No one knows that his or her condition, therefore, a self-help book is helpful and able to increase self-awareness including satisfaction with their own life.

-)  Character of God is the turning point of the novel. This novel ends with God as well as Deus ex Machina. To end a drama with a God, giving advice for a good life and problem solving by God's advice.

-)  In another aspect, how can God call? In this generation, it is illogical things. What is the proof or evidence of God? But it depends upon their own perspectives. India is known for its religious country. Moreover, the end of the 'Hello' movie Salman Khan also asked for God and how can God call and he searches for the logical answer of God.

-)  In the 21st century Call from God is unexpected for an all-new generation. Because of God is never do anything, our all karmas are depending on our destiny or fate. But here Chetan Bhagat described the character of God but God is not giving the solution but he suggests that you search your solution your own way. you have to solve your problem, it is a thing like that self-help book. In Indian culture, there are many believers of God or religious people. So they much like the turning point of the novel through the character of God.



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