Chetan Bhagat speaks | BodhiSutra English speaking course

This video captures an interview of Ayaz Memon with Chetan Bhagat where he talks about his life, his decision to quit his job to become a full time writer, Bollywood and his future plans. The beauty of this video lies in the use of simple language to express ideas. Most of the words, you would have already seen or read somewhere. Watch, learn, answer and speak great English.

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Let’s take a look at some of the interesting words and phrases:

Prolific = Intellectually active and fertile

Chetan Bhagat is a prolific writer. He has written so many bestsellers in a small time.

Offbeat = Different from the ordinary

Anurag Kashyap makes offbeat movies which are liked by many people.

Fuel = Excite, provide as a source of energy

The news of new cartridges smeared with animal fat fueled anger amongst Indian soldiers in the British army.

Freakish = Unexpected and unusual

The plane crashed in a freakish incident when a bird hit the plane.

Kitchen fire = Bread and butter

To keep the kitchen fire going, his wife retained his job while he took up a full time career as a writer.

Leap of faith = Belief not backed by any empirical evidence

Quitting my job to start a company was a big leap of faith but fortunately, the decision turned out to be a good one.

Digression = Deviation

Any digressions from the main topic will only waste time and confuse the audience.

Crooked = Twisted

He has an ugly face with a crooked nose.

To survive in the present day world, you need to be a little crooked.

Trample = Walk on and flatten

Everyday, elephants would pass by the tree on their way to the river and trample several rabbits who lived in burrows near the river bank.

In the name of development, the government cannot trample on the livelihood of thousands of poor farmers.

Now, let’s answer the following quiz:

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