Revolution 2020 is a 2011 novel written by Chetan Bhagat.
The story revolves around childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti who
struggle to find success and love in Varanasi. Set in contemporary India, the
protagonists go through several difficulties to achieve this in an unfair
society that mostly rewards the corrupt. Protagonist Gopal gives in to the
corrupt system, while Raghav fights it. The book is not just a story around the
revolution; itΓΓé¼Γäós also a love (triangle) story, in which the two friends
fall for the same girl.
Aptly set in today\'s India where a raging debate between
the Government and social activist Anna Hazare\'s fight against corruption has
deeply moved the nation, the book has already created enough buzz on the
internet. Fans have been writing to Bhagat expressing their anticipation for
the book.
Synopsis
The story is about Gopal Mishra his friend Raghav Kashyap
and their classmate girl Aarti Pratap Pradhan who hail from Varanasi, Uttar
Pradesh.
The story begins with a Prologue, where Chetan Bhagat is invited
by Gopal Mishra, a young director of an institute named GangaTech to deliver
the welcome address for the inaugration of the newly constructed MBA block in
their campus. The Story deals with 3 persons whom in their lives want to
achieve something which is laced with Love, Corruption and Ambition where one
wanted to use his intelligence to make money, one uses his intelligence to
start a revolution and the problem is that both loved the same girl.
The story is narrated by Gopal Mishra, who lives all alone
in his palatial bungalow in Varanasi beginning his 5th grade where Gopal and
Raghav steals a chocolate cake from their classmate Aarti. She complains this
to the class teacher where she thwacks Gopal as he left his wooden ruler which
had his name inscribed as GM. The story progresses as what Raghav managed to
achieve, how Gopal became the director of a technical instituition by not
attending college and who married whom finally forms the base of the story.
