The political turmoil, Ayodha issue, Gujarat earthquake all contours the background of the plot whilst turning the dream of Govind, Ish and Omi into nightmare. Govind besides being the businessman and math lover still falls for Ish's sister and here on starts committing his famous 'three mistakes'. Ish finds Ali, a young cricketer with lots of talent and decides to coach him. The story moves from one event to the other.

Govind experiences for the first time the taste of being the businessman. The three friends start a sports shop and it works. He wants to forget all his worries, fear, tears and agony and just wants to start his own business to survive in the harsh world where dream shatters almost every now and then. Ish, the cricket lover, Omi the son of a priest and Govind the protagonist. The story revolves round three friends, Ish, Govind and Omi. The tale of dreaming dreams, the story of chasing the dream. The 3 mistakes of my life is the saga of friendship. The 3 mistakes of my life is thus the tale of this young man who thought to finish off his life because of the mistakes he did commit. The story gains the pace as the writer catches the flight and rush to meet this young man lying at the hospital bed. Hence assumed that the boy has popped nineteen sleeping pills. The mail had nineteen sentences with nineteen full stops. The mail reads that he has committed some mistakes in his life and therefore is failing to find the reasons to carry on his life any further and he is therefore actually popping sleeping pills as he is finishing each sentence.

The email is from a boy (Govind) in Ahmedabad. A Singapore based writer receives an email. It has the protagonist Govind braided with his passion and expertise for business and maths, the story also has Ish whose only passion is cricket and there is also Omi a priest's son and loyal friend who is ready for anything that his friends demand. The fresh smell of innocence and purity and the flavour of the very Indian household make this novel an account to read over and over again. The background is here the city of Ahmedabad that though being thoroughly urban is yet not as urban as many of its metro counterparts. The characters are all like next-door neighbor with whom one can relate, gel, cry and laugh so very easily. Thrill, romance, passion, love, politics and indeed the green eye of hatred lace the novel, the 3 mistakes of my life whilst crafting it as a signature novel of Chetan Bhagat with its sheer realism and wit.īased on real life incidents the first thing that strikes in this novel is the characterization.

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