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  • Arjun Kapoor reveals Alia Bhatt received hatred for playing South Indian in 2 States: She just kept her head down and worked

    Actor Arjun Kapoor recently revealed how his co-star Alia Bhatt faced significant backlash when she was cast in the 2014 film 2 States, a romantic comedy based on Chetan Bhagat's bestselling novel of the same name.

  • 'Some YOLO logic here?': Chetan Bhagat questions Coldplay frenzy. Ashneer Grover counters

    'Some YOLO logic here?': Chetan Bhagat questions Coldplay frenzy. Ashneer Grover counters

    The conversation extended beyond social media where author Chetan Bhagat and BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, weighed in on the situation. Bhagat questioned the logic behind fans spending such large sums on concert tickets, considering the income disparity in India.

  • Noida startup event promised to bring SoftBank CEO, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk. Instead, cops showed up

    Noida startup event promised to bring SoftBank CEO, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk. Instead, cops showed up

    Tickets to the World Startup Convention in Greater Noida were priced at about Rs 8,000 each.

  • Chetan Bhagat says 'nothing wrong' after being slammed for remarks on Urfi Javed

    Chetan Bhagat says 'nothing wrong' after being slammed for remarks on Urfi Javed

    Urfi Javed, who has close to four million followers on Instagram, had hit back at Chetan Bhagat, saying she has been unnecessarily dragged into a conversation.

  • Shark Tank India's Namita Thapar has 3 tips for women entrepreneurs

    Shark Tank India's Namita Thapar has 3 tips for women entrepreneurs

    As a woman entrepreneur herself, Namita Thapar heads Emcure Pharmaceuticals and is the founder of Thapar Entrepreneur Academy, besides having judged the popular business reality show 'Shark Tank India'.

  • 'I was body-shamed as a teenager': Shark Tank India's Namita Thapar tells Chetan Bhagat

    'I was body-shamed as a teenager': Shark Tank India's Namita Thapar tells Chetan Bhagat

    Shak Tank India's Namita Thapar shared, "I used to feel very ugly. I was very overweight, I had a lot of facial hair and acne, and there was a guy in my class who’d call me ‘the girl with the moustache’ in Marathi."

  • Chetan Bhagat buys apartment in South Delhi for Rs 11.6 crore

    Chetan Bhagat buys apartment in South Delhi for Rs 11.6 crore

    The writer has bought a middle floor located on a 500-sq yard plot in C block of Westend area, brokers in the know said

  • 'Did they let you speak?': Fans ask Shark Tanks' Anupam Mittal after meet up with Madhavan, Chetan Bhagat

    'Did they let you speak?': Fans ask Shark Tanks' Anupam Mittal after meet up with Madhavan, Chetan Bhagat

    Anupam Mittal is known for appearing on all the episodes of Shark Tank India and for asking his fellow ‘sharks’ to let him speak. Since Madhavan and, especially Bhagat, are known to speak their minds, Mittal's followers couldn't resist but ask him the inevitable question...

  • Elon Musk has a 'real question'. Chetan Bhagat has an answer. A Twitter exchange

    Elon Musk has a 'real question'. Chetan Bhagat has an answer. A Twitter exchange

    Chetan Bhagat responded to Elon Musk's question on the media.

  • R Madhavan says '3 idiots better than book'. Shots fired as Chetan Bhagat responds

    R Madhavan says '3 idiots better than book'. Shots fired as Chetan Bhagat responds

    R Madhavan had to say the opposite of what Chetan Bhagat said. “Hey Chetan…My bias is movies > books,” the actor tweeted.

  • 'Decoupled' review: R. Madhavan and Surveen Chawla are fine, but the script treats them like they’re ten years old

    'Decoupled' review: R. Madhavan and Surveen Chawla are fine, but the script treats them like they’re ten years old

    Starring R. Madhavan and Surveen Chawla (with a fun cameo by Chetan Bhagat), 'Decoupled' should have been intelligent and funny; sharp and even catty. Instead, it ends up being tedious and interminable.

  • Chetan Bhagat slams India’s obsession with Hindu-Muslim debate amid market collapse, Coronavirus

    Chetan Bhagat slams India’s obsession with Hindu-Muslim debate amid market collapse, Coronavirus

    His remarks come at a time when Delhi is limping back to normalcy after days of communal clashes that claimed at least 42 lives, including that of a police constable, and injured more than 300 persons

  • Regulate, don't ban: Chetan Bhagat on SC order on fire crackers

    Regulate, don't ban: Chetan Bhagat on SC order on fire crackers

    Banning crackers on Diwali is like banning Christmas trees on Christmas and goats on Bakr-Eid, Bhagat wrote.

  • Investing, not consumption, makes you cool: Chetan Bhagat

    Investing, not consumption, makes you cool: Chetan Bhagat

    Writer Chetan Bhagat, a former investment banker, says savings and investment gives you the freedom to do whatever you want in life.

  • Next general election to be decided by India's middle class

    Next general election to be decided by India's middle class

    If you define the real middle class as people who can think beyond subsistence, their numbers could be in the range of 70-150 million (of which more later). And theirs will be the casting vote next year.

  • YouTube's True View: Shaadi.com ad rules the roost

    YouTube's True View: Shaadi.com ad rules the roost

    An ad, starring Chetan Bhagat for Shaadi.com in the role of matchmaker rules the roost for You Tube's True View for June.The ad was viewed more than 197,000 times for a cumulative 110 thousand minutes.

  • Need to change stand on morality: Chetan Bhagat

    Need to change stand on morality: Chetan Bhagat

    Voicing concern over incidence of attacks on women, writer Chetan Bhagat today said there is a need to first change the stand on morality.

  • Storyboard: Catch STAR India push Aamir Khan's TV debut

    Storyboard: Catch STAR India push Aamir Khan's TV debut

    CNBC-TV18's Storyboard catches STAR India in the throes of its biggest initiative after KBC, ranks IPL teams on their brand value and finds out how IIM grads are making it big on the lit circuit

  • UTV acquires movie rights of Chetan's 'Revolution 2020'

    UTV acquires movie rights of Chetan's 'Revolution 2020'

    After 'Five Point Someone' and 'One Night at a Call Centre', which were captured on celluloid, author Chetan Bhagat's latest book 'Revolution 2020' has now caught the eye of filmmakers with UTV Motion Pictures acquiring its movie rights. 'Revolution 2020' is a story of good versus evil where friends turn foes.

  • It's my job to sense the pulse of youth: Chetan Bhagat

    It's my job to sense the pulse of youth: Chetan Bhagat

    For author Chetan Bhagat, who has explored themes like love, life in call centres and higher education in his novels, the ability to pick the pulse of the youth makes a bestseller.

  • Revolution 2020: A Chetan Bhagat love story with a twist

    Revolution 2020: A Chetan Bhagat love story with a twist

    On this episode of CNBC-TV18's show Beautiful People, Anuradha SenGupta talks to Chetan Bhagat, who is getting ready to release his fifth book Revolution 2020 next week.

  • Chetan Bhagat not sorry for calling Infosys a body shop

    Chetan Bhagat not sorry for calling Infosys a body shop

    Infosys chairman emeritus NR Narayana Murthy's statement that engineers coming out of the IITs are not of good quality has led to a war of words with noted author and IIT almunus Chetan Bhagat calling Infosys a body shop.

  • Murthy's comments on IIT unfair: Chetan Bhagat

    Murthy's comments on IIT unfair: Chetan Bhagat

    Former IITian Chetan Bhagat has defended the IITs and come to the defence of the institute by saying that Infosys founder Narayan Murthy's comments were unfair. Murthy created a stir when he said that the quality of students passing out of the acclaimed institute has gone down.

  • Watch: The latest trends in the world of fiction

    Watch: The latest trends in the world of fiction

    At Crossword book store in Mumbai, a launch of new book and that ties in well with the theme and that is the booming business in women fiction.

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