Delhi University has included Chetan Bhagat’s novel ‘Five Point Someone’ as part of the English literature syllabus from the next academic year.
Bhagat’s novel is part of the Popular Fiction paper in the General Elective, which is offered to second-year undergraduate students under the Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS).
Louisa M Alcott’s ‘Little Women’, Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and JK Rowling’s ‘Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone’ will also be taught under this paper.
Bhagat, who had been widely criticised for the lack of eloquence in writing, took to Twitter to share the news and lashed out against the ‘elitist readers’ for degrading his literary works.
Am honoured DU added my books to their course. Literature is about being open minded, reading the classics as well as the contemporary.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 23, 2017
Elitistaan theories trying to diss me and literary value of my books have failed miserably with DU adding my books to their course. Sorry.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 23, 2017
To me good literature is writing that actually touches people, whether in the past or now. It isn’t something an elitist club decides.
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 23, 2017
If you have a set of friends where u have to diss the popular to look cool,feel sorry for you.Stayed away from such fake people all my life
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) April 23, 2017
Meanwhile, Twitterati responded with befitting replies to the country’s popular author.
@chetan_bhagat Agree. Was saying to a teacher who taught language writing classes that she should teach you.
— Chiki Sarkar (@Chikisarkar) April 23, 2017
@chetan_bhagat It doesn’t raise your level by an inch, rather it diminishes whatever level DU ever had!!!
— praveen bavadekar (@psbavadekar) April 23, 2017
@chetan_bhagat Dear Sir that way some of Mastram classics ought to be called gd literature. Gv it a try, might find sm insprtn for a new movie script.
— Nawnit Nihal (@NIHAL77) April 23, 2017
@chetan_bhagat I am an uncool person who dissed your books because they insult my intelligence. Coz I have a brain and been reading since I was 4, thanks.
— Percy Kerry (@percykerry) April 24, 2017
@chetan_bhagat They added your books in the course just to prove that, sometimes in life shit happens. ?
— Winter Is Coming (@desispiderbhai) April 23, 2017
