Half Girlfriend is the story of Madhav and Riya. Chetan Bhagat, the
author, also plays an important role in the story. To be simple, Half
Girlfriend is a beautiful, yet thrilling love story.
Madhav Jha is from a small village named Dumraon in Bihar. He is from a
royal family which almost lost all its power and supremacy, but still counts as
landlords for the village folks. He represents the non-English type Indians who
are not much confident at speaking in English. But he was destined to be in the
famous college of New Delhi, St.Stephens, where one could find only English speaking
guys. Being desperate and suppressed, he lost all his confidence. However he was
trying to get the admission through sports Quota. He was a very talented
Basketball player. At trials, to showcase their performance, he finds a
beautiful girl. Riya Somani, the tall, gorgeous girl, with attractive looks,
from a high class Marwari family of New Delhi, was also there to prove her talent
at the basketball court. Madhav, however took a chance to get acquainted with
his dream girl. His coach introduced him to Riya, and they talked to each other
for the first time.
Later on, both of them started their life at St.Stephens, New Delhi. Madhav
Jha, who was always inferior because of his ‘English’, finds himself much
comfortable with Riya. He always needed her presence. Obviously, he fell in
love with her. But Riya was a reserved character. She had a lot of friends,
Madhav was just one among them. Maybe, we think he was more special, but
definitely one cannot call it as ‘love’. Madhav wanted her to be his girlfriend. But
Riya was not ready for that. Still, she agreed to be his HALF GIRLFRIEND. Their
relation gets more stronger. Riya sometimes shares some secrets with Madhav,
however she was not ready to reveal herself at times. Madhav gets annoyed by
her this kind of attitude sometimes, still he was not bothered much because he
was deeply in love with her. Riya always considered Madhav as her “Basketball
Friend”.
The story continues in Bihar as well as in New York. It brings out many
twists and turns and even suspenses at some occasions. The relationship between
them is well defined in the remaining part of the story. It is interesting as
well as worth reading. Whether Madhav’s
love is succeeding or not is the main question that arises in the mind of the
reader, which is depicted beautifully in the story, and ofcourse, the reader
gets the answer at the climax of the story. Half Girlfriend is a simple, well
said, romantic novel which makes us feel great.
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