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Chetan Bhagat’s New Novel’s Protagonist: A UPSC Aspirant

“I hate this stupid UPSC exam,” I said, tossing my pen onto the table. I read the exam question from a previous year’s General Studies paper again..." An excerpt from the novel.
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Bestselling author Chetan Bhagat has yet again released his novel named ‘400 days’ on October 8, 2021. 

The novel is a tale of a 29-year-old UPSC aspirant who runs a tiny detective agency and wants to become an IPS Officer. 

It is the third book from the Keshav-Saurabh series after ‘The girl in the room number 105’ and One Arranged Murder’.


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