One of Indias most popular, brilliant contemporary writer Chetan Bhagat is the writer of this book named 3 mistakes of my life., who was played himself in this book.There is a real story behind this book.A Young boy named Govind from Ahemedabad wrote to chetan that he was going to commit suicide.Chetan rushed to the boy and put effort to manage the boy.The boy was saved and still alive.The boy explained Chetan his 3 mistakes in life for which he was going to do such an extreme step.Govind was living with his mother.He has 2 friends as well as business partners.The story is about the struggle of 3 friends.Their love, life and fight.Book is about a fictional story but lacking genuine fictions.The female characters in this novel is highly chauvinistic and degrading which was not expected from an IIT, iim graduate.some conversation between the protagonist which meant to be naughty turn out as vulgar.Later the story has Indias 3 biggest national obsession that is religion, cricket and politics.Chetan represents himself as a script writer rather than a good author.I found several loop holes in the plot.Climax involved a violent fight.It narrates how the devastating naural calamity Earthquake shattered the 3 friends hopes and the Godhra issue that triggered the worst of riots, which shook Gujarat.It also described how a Muslim boy Ali, who was a talented cricketer was saved by 3 Hindu youths from a mob.The beauty of this book lies in simple, dramatic narrations.