Ketan Bhagat

“Enjoyable storyline and well etched out characters,
it's more like watching a movie.”
                         - V.V.S Laxman,
             former Indian cricketer,
               (about "Complete/Convenient")

“All eyes are on him. Ketan’s got balls.”
                         - Shailendra Singh,
             Joint M.D. of Percept Ltd
             & author of F?@K Knows
               (about "Complete/Convenient")

"Like a beautiful piece of music...
Entertaining, gripping yet soul stirring aftertaste"
- Rahul Sharma, Santoor Maestro
(about "Complete/Convenient")

"A fresh, humourous read that keeps you engaged
and curious about life in an Alien Country.
A great first attempt !!"
- Priyadarshini Rao
(about "Complete/Convenient")

Trivia around NRIs

What makes “Complete/ Convenient” a relevant topic?
There are 2,19,09,875 number of Indians living outside the country.
(Source: Economic Times dated: 20 Dec 2012).
An estimate that 3,00,000 Indian professionals working overseas
would return to India between 2011 and 2015.
(Source: Article "India Inc may double NRI hiring this year", Economic Times dated 4 Jan 2013).
Nearly 104,000 Indians are currently studying in the United States.
About 25,000-35,000 Indians travel to the US every year to work on
assignments for software companies.
Over 32,500 Indian students applied for a student visa in Australia between
the period of July 2011 to March 2012.
This was a 16 per cent increase over previous year.
There is a rapidly growing Indian community in Australia.
In 2011-12 Indians were the largest source of permanent migration to Australia.
Indians formed 15.7 % of the total migration programme in 2011-12.
Its official – Punjabi is the fastest growing language in Australia,
Hinduism is the fastest growing religion (with 275,534 people or 1.3% of the
entire population stating that they are Hindus), and Sikhism is among the top 20
religions practiced in the country, according to the census figures released by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.
According to Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, India has the second
largest diaspora in the world after Overseas Chinese. The overseas
Indian community estimated at over 25 million is spread across every
major region in the world.
As of 2009 it is estimated that there are over 390,894 Australians of
Indian origin of which 308,542 are born in India. Before roads and
road transport were developed, many Indians had come to Australia
to run camel trains.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 87% of Indians
residing in Australia are aged under 50 and over 83% of the population
are proficient in English.

Hello,

Thanks for taking out the time to check out a new debut writer and his work.

This website will help you decide whether you should invest your precious time and money on ‘Complete/ Convenient’.

But if you are really short on time, here are three brief reasons from my side on why you should read ‘Complete/Convenient’:

Reason 1:

“Complete/Convenient” is a sensitively-written realistic story that offers a sophisticated-yet-simple reading experience. Each character and every situation is inspired from an actual real life person and incident. I am convinced that such circumstances happen in every NRI family life. Filled with apt doses of humor, pace, succinctness and detailing, this emotional story is an absolute must for anyone who has some connection with life outside India.

Reason 2:

The fiction story marketplace is currently flooded with Chick-lit offerings (light breezy stories targeted to youth). However, there is shortage of Indian-author-novels for a section of audience who want something beyond flimsy, fantasy, chewing gum romances. Yet they do not want to read something too difficult or complex. If this resonates with you, pick up a copy of ‘Complete/Convenient’.

Reason 3:

There are very few stories that capture the wave of emotions that a man goes through in life. Most novels, movies etc beautifully capture the pain, happiness, sacrifice, ambition, conflict, longing and love a woman feels. Furthermore, if at all there is a story about men then it usually focuses only on the friendship part. Or what is nowadays termed as ‘bromance’. But, as a man myself, I can tell you that there is a lot more to a man than friendship, romance and pranks. We too go through tumultuous times that make us cry, cringe, doubt, regret, bend, feel helpless, feel lonely and most importantly TRANSFORM. ‘Complete/Convenient’ is a journey of a man.

Hope you enjoy the book!

Best wishes,

Ketan B