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Year 2026 · Volume 6 · Issue 5
Original Article
Literature and Social Transition in Contemporary India: A Critical Study of Select Novels of Chetan Bhagat
G V Narmatha1
Dr. M. Praveena2
1 Research Scholar, Annamacharya University, New Boyanapalli, Rajampet, Andhra Pradesh, India. 2 Assistant Professor, Annamacharya University, Rajampet, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Published Online: September-October 2026
Pages: 58-62
Cite this article
↗ https://www.doi.org/10.59256/ijrtmr.20260605007References
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Scholarly Articles
6. Kaur, P. (2019). Representation of youth aspirations in contemporary Indian English novels. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.7. Singh, R., & Singh, P. (2025). Writing style and characters of Chetan Bhagat. International Journal of Advanced Research in Science,
Communication and Technology, 5(2), 138–143.
8. Mishra, A., & Reddy, R. S. (2017). Literary analysis of writing styles and themes in the novels of Chetan Bhagat. SMART Moves Journal
IJELLH, 5(3).
9. Yellaiah, P. (2024). Modernization and convergence of youth in Five Point Someone. International Journal of Research, 11(8), 15–20.
10. Lakshmi, A. V. R. (2018). The emergence of Chetan Bhagat in contemporary Indian English fiction. Veda’s Journal of English Language
and Literature.
11. Savase, B. S., & Mane, S. S. (2025). The impact of literature in social change with reference to select Indian authors. International Journal
of Creative Research Thoughts, 13(2), 145–150.
12. Altun, M. (2023). Literature and social change: Exploring the transformative power of words. International Journal of Social Sciences &
Educational Studies, 10(3), 386–391.DOI: https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v10i3p386
13. Singh, R. (2018). Social change and Indian English fiction: A study of post-liberalization literature. International Journal of English
Language, Literature and Humanities.
14. A. Baboo, S. R. Mishra and S. Dash, "An Improvised Diabetes Prediction System Using Hybrid Ensemble Approach," 2024 IEEE 11th
Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), Lucknow, India, 2024,
pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/UPCON62832.2024.10983076.
15. A. Baboo, S. Prasad Patro and S. Dash, "A Deep Learning Approach for Enhancing Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using ECG Data,"
2024 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Power and Embedded System (SCOPES), Paralakhemundi
Campus, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha., India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi:
10.1109/SCOPES64467.2024.10990827.
16. S. Ranjan Mishra, S. Dash and L. Rath, "Effective Diabetes Mellitus Prediction Using a Hybrid Ensemble Machine Learning Model with
Iot," 2024 International Conference on Integrated Intelligence and Communication Systems (ICIICS), Kalaburagi, India, 2024, pp. 1-8,
doi: 10.1109/ICIICS63763.2024.10859778.
17. V. S. K. Chaitanya, D. Rakesh, S. Dash, B. K. Sahoo, S. Padhy and M. Nayak, "Tomato Leaf Disease Detection using Neural Networks,"
2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, Computer Systems and Security (MLCSS), Bhubaneswar, India, 2022, pp. 53-58,
doi: 10.1109/MLCSS57186.2022.00018.
18. R. Hota, S. Dash, S. Mishra, S. Pradhan, P. K. Pattnaik and G. Pradhan, "Prediction and Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases using Rough Set
and Machine Learning," 2023 10th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), New
Delhi, India, 2023, pp. 206-213.
19. S. Mohanty, J. Mishra, S. K. Mohapatra, S. Dash, S. Padhy and S. K. Das, "Generating Higher Order Mutants using PSO with Levy
Flight(LFPSO) Algorithm," 2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, Computer Systems and Security (MLCSS),
Bhubaneswar, India, 2022, pp. 75-79, doi: 10.1109/MLCSS57186.2022.00022. IEEE
20. Dash S., Das R.K., Guha S., Bhagat S.N., Behera G.K. (2021) An Interactive Machine Learning Approach for Brain Tumor MRI
Segmentation. In: Das S., Mohanty M.N. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Computing and Communication. Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems, vol 202. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0695-3_38
21. Mohanty, S., Gantayat, P. K., Dash, S., Mishra, B. P., & Barik, S. C. (2021). Liver Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithm.
In Data Engineering and Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of ICICC 2020 (pp. 589-596). Springer Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-
0171-2
22. S. Dutta, S. Dash, and A. Mitra, “A Model of Socially Connected Things for Emotion Detection,” in 2020 International Conference on
Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (ICCSEA), Mar. 2020, pp. 1–3, doi: 10.1109/ICCSEA49143.2020.9132887.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9132887
23. Dash, S., & Das, R. K. (2020). An implementation of neural network approach for recognition of handwritten Odia text. In Advances in
Intelligent Computing and Communication: Proceedings of ICAC 2019 (pp. 94-99). Springer Singapore.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-2774-6_12
1. Bhagat, C. (2004). Five point someone. Rupa Publications.
2. Bhagat, C. (2009). 2 states: The story of my marriage. Rupa Publications.
3. Bhagat, C. (2016). One Indian girl. Rupa Publications.
Books
4. Damrosch, D. (2003). What is world literature? Princeton University Press.
5. Eagleton, T. (2008). Literary theory: An introduction (2nd ed.). Blackwell Publishing.
Scholarly Articles
6. Kaur, P. (2019). Representation of youth aspirations in contemporary Indian English novels. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.7. Singh, R., & Singh, P. (2025). Writing style and characters of Chetan Bhagat. International Journal of Advanced Research in Science,
Communication and Technology, 5(2), 138–143.
8. Mishra, A., & Reddy, R. S. (2017). Literary analysis of writing styles and themes in the novels of Chetan Bhagat. SMART Moves Journal
IJELLH, 5(3).
9. Yellaiah, P. (2024). Modernization and convergence of youth in Five Point Someone. International Journal of Research, 11(8), 15–20.
10. Lakshmi, A. V. R. (2018). The emergence of Chetan Bhagat in contemporary Indian English fiction. Veda’s Journal of English Language
and Literature.
11. Savase, B. S., & Mane, S. S. (2025). The impact of literature in social change with reference to select Indian authors. International Journal
of Creative Research Thoughts, 13(2), 145–150.
12. Altun, M. (2023). Literature and social change: Exploring the transformative power of words. International Journal of Social Sciences &
Educational Studies, 10(3), 386–391.DOI: https://doi.org/10.23918/ijsses.v10i3p386
13. Singh, R. (2018). Social change and Indian English fiction: A study of post-liberalization literature. International Journal of English
Language, Literature and Humanities.
14. A. Baboo, S. R. Mishra and S. Dash, "An Improvised Diabetes Prediction System Using Hybrid Ensemble Approach," 2024 IEEE 11th
Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), Lucknow, India, 2024,
pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/UPCON62832.2024.10983076.
15. A. Baboo, S. Prasad Patro and S. Dash, "A Deep Learning Approach for Enhancing Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using ECG Data,"
2024 2nd International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication, Power and Embedded System (SCOPES), Paralakhemundi
Campus, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha., India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi:
10.1109/SCOPES64467.2024.10990827.
16. S. Ranjan Mishra, S. Dash and L. Rath, "Effective Diabetes Mellitus Prediction Using a Hybrid Ensemble Machine Learning Model with
Iot," 2024 International Conference on Integrated Intelligence and Communication Systems (ICIICS), Kalaburagi, India, 2024, pp. 1-8,
doi: 10.1109/ICIICS63763.2024.10859778.
17. V. S. K. Chaitanya, D. Rakesh, S. Dash, B. K. Sahoo, S. Padhy and M. Nayak, "Tomato Leaf Disease Detection using Neural Networks,"
2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, Computer Systems and Security (MLCSS), Bhubaneswar, India, 2022, pp. 53-58,
doi: 10.1109/MLCSS57186.2022.00018.
18. R. Hota, S. Dash, S. Mishra, S. Pradhan, P. K. Pattnaik and G. Pradhan, "Prediction and Diagnosis of Thoracic Diseases using Rough Set
and Machine Learning," 2023 10th International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), New
Delhi, India, 2023, pp. 206-213.
19. S. Mohanty, J. Mishra, S. K. Mohapatra, S. Dash, S. Padhy and S. K. Das, "Generating Higher Order Mutants using PSO with Levy
Flight(LFPSO) Algorithm," 2022 International Conference on Machine Learning, Computer Systems and Security (MLCSS),
Bhubaneswar, India, 2022, pp. 75-79, doi: 10.1109/MLCSS57186.2022.00022. IEEE
20. Dash S., Das R.K., Guha S., Bhagat S.N., Behera G.K. (2021) An Interactive Machine Learning Approach for Brain Tumor MRI
Segmentation. In: Das S., Mohanty M.N. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Computing and Communication. Lecture Notes in Networks and
Systems, vol 202. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0695-3_38
21. Mohanty, S., Gantayat, P. K., Dash, S., Mishra, B. P., & Barik, S. C. (2021). Liver Disease Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithm.
In Data Engineering and Intelligent Computing: Proceedings of ICICC 2020 (pp. 589-596). Springer Singapore. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-
0171-2
22. S. Dutta, S. Dash, and A. Mitra, “A Model of Socially Connected Things for Emotion Detection,” in 2020 International Conference on
Computer Science, Engineering and Applications (ICCSEA), Mar. 2020, pp. 1–3, doi: 10.1109/ICCSEA49143.2020.9132887.
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9132887
23. Dash, S., & Das, R. K. (2020). An implementation of neural network approach for recognition of handwritten Odia text. In Advances in
Intelligent Computing and Communication: Proceedings of ICAC 2019 (pp. 94-99). Springer Singapore.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-15-2774-6_12
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