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One indian girl (book review).

Title – One Indian Girl

Author – Chetan Bhagat

Published on – 1 st October 2016

Publisher – Rupa Publications

Genre – Fiction, Romance, Narrative

Rating – 4.5 out of 5

About the Author:

Chetan Prakash Bhagat is one of the most popular writers and columnists in India. You must have heard about various movies whose plots are inculpated from his books: Five points someone (2004), The 3 mistakes of my life (2008), Half girlfriend (2014) are few of them.

Coming back to the novel One Indian Girl, it narrates the story of Radhika Mehta who is an investment banker at the Distressed debt group of Goldman Sachs. Moreover, she is judged by society as has slept around, makes tons of money, and had weed with her fiancee a night before her wedding. Radhika is an introvert, studious, and unfashionable girl.

The story of One Indian Girl starts with the description of Radhika doing arrangements for her marriage with Brijesh Gulati. At last, the novel ends with the slight charming attraction between Radhika and Brijesh. She takes a step forward after having a drama on her wedding day to have the guts to live her life on her own terms. She is having a typical Punjabi destination wedding in Goa.

Minimal Spoiler

On the first page of One Indian Girl, she said bold statement as: “Let me warn you. You may not like me too much. One, I make a lot of money. Two, I have an opinion on everything. Three if I was a guy, you would be okay with all of this. But since I am a girl, these three things don’t really make me likable, do they? There are 2 other characters Debashish Sen (Bengali boy) and Neel (her boss), both are ex-boyfriend of Radhika. They both showed up in Goa to propose her in Goa. She got her heart broke by Debashish (Debu) and the second time she was in love with a married man Neel who has 2 kids.

The whole book revolves around her personal and professional life and balance in between. On the other hand, it also depicts the Indian mindset about a women’s salary, restrictions on her on every step of life from the society.

Why this book One Indian Girl?

I picked this book because it attracted me by its title “One Indian Girl”. It’s also different in the way that it narrates the story from a woman’s point of view. This tale strongly points to the fact that men are sacred to practical and ambitious women.

The lines from the book which I found fascinating:

“If it is too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
“Some problems in the world seem to exist solely for women. Like not having anything to wear.”

I recommend the book One Indian Girl to those who want to know about a girl’s perception, emotions in the Indian context, and even to those who ruthlessly question females based on how much they earn. Why only women have to choose between home and career?

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Chetan Bhagat narrates One Indian Girl from a woman’s PoV

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4.5/5

Why it is that Indians enjoy a love-hate relationship with Chetan Bhagat? And very frankly I don’t see the point why Chetan Bhagat is always trolled.

He writes well and there must be some reason why his books always hit the bestseller charts despite the many criticisms thrown his way.

What his critics often forget is the fact that Chetan is the only guy who popularised Indian fiction amongst Indians.

In fact, “One Indian Girl” has been credited with breaking the pre-order sales record on Amazon.in ever since the site first launched in 2013.

So why is it that when I post a Facebook post declaring that I am excited to read his new novel, the majority of the responses I get are “Haha”? Well, I’ll never get it, I guess!

Moving to the book then, One Indian Girl is a story of a girl called Radhika Mehta who is a hot-shot banker working in the prestigious Investment Bank, Goldman Sachs.

Radhika, who once was as nerdy as one can be, is now arranged to get married to Brijesh Gulati and has just arrived for her destination wedding in Goa.

But what Radhika does not know is the fact that marrying Brijesh will not be as easy as she had thought. Things happen and everything goes haywire (I am refraining from disclosing more for the sake of spoilers), but will Radhika be able to manoeuvre her way out of this mess?

Read the book today to know more and discover the fun-filled journey that Radhika will love to take you on.

One Indian Girl , to me, felt like a chick-lit though it can also be placed in the general fiction category by many.

The best part of the book is the fact that Radhika’s journey is as funny and entertaining as a wedding can be. Chetan has done a commendable job of writing in a girl’s voice.

The story is told from Radhika’s point and it is really hard to believe that a man could have written so realistically about a woman and her feelings (I read that he interviewed a lot of women for this).

Though the book is said to be on feminism, in the end, it adheres to the norms of general chick lit.

So, for me, it didn’t come out as a strongly feminist book. There are a few feminist things here and there, but mostly in the form of rants.

The plot is really interesting. Though there are many elements, they all connect beautifully in the end. The characters are also fun. I am sure every girl would love to read about Radhika and her misadventures in the Loveland.

I also liked the characters of Debu and Neel but the character of Brijesh though failed to impress. The narration switches rapidly from the present to the past to the present and that adds to the pace of the book.

The book in its entirety of 272 pages did not appear dull even at a single point. The best part of the book, though, was its climax – it was completely unpredictable and managed to completely surprise me.

I hence recommend One Indian Girl to one and all. It is a pleasurable read. My rating for the book is four and a half out of five stars and that says it all.

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One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat – Book Review

It is beyond the nests of doubt that Chetan Bhagat is one of the most popular authors in India today. Even if one claims that he is the most popular author in contemporary India, that might not be an incorrect assessment on many grounds. However, a bigger and more sensible question that arises is whether popularity is directly proportional to the respect that an author commands in the literary community. What do you think? Another question to extend this debate might be whether writing craft and an understanding of literature are taken for granted if the author of concern is widely popular. These questions often arise because in the case of Chetan Bhagat, the literary community is apparently divided into two sections – one for and another against. And in today’s article, I will try to critically examine, review, and analyse Chetan’s popular novel One Indian Girl. Received by readers either as all good or all bad, what lies in between? What are the elements that make One Indian Girl a quality read? On the other hand, what are the things that fall short to make things look awry? Let’s discuss this.

Let’s begin with the basics. What does the novel pose as? Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl presents itself as a contemporary novel addressing gender dynamics and women’s empowerment. At least, the author claims the same and a few critics, who have found literary nectar in the works of Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh as well, countersign those claims. However, upon reading the novel, unfortunately, one can easily gauge that it falls significantly short of its intended purpose. It is a contemporary novel, no doubt. However, the parts where the author claims that he addresses issues of women, gender dynamics and social expectations based on gender binaries are totally bogus, unaddressed and rather ridiculed. First and foremost, Chetan Bhagat’s writing style is annoyingly simplistic and lacks the depth and nuance expected from literary fiction. Though the author does not assert he is writing for readers with lofty literary standards, there should be a limit to an author’s cringe. Isn’t it? I don’t even find it worth commenting on the prose style or the diction of the author. However, just for the sake of a valid and just critical assessment of the novel, let’s do it. The prose in One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat is riddled with clichéd phrases, repetitive dialogues, and an overreliance on colloquial language. Thus, if it was there to some extent, this style totally undoes the novel’s literary merit. Though readers who are fans of Chetan Bhagat, might not notice anything. It is usual with his novels. A ritualistic absence of literary techniques and artistic craftsmanship often undermines the impact (if there is any) of the narratives in his novels, leaving readers longing for more substance and sophistication. Readers who may have read a few other novelists, some classics and authors like Ghosh and Narayan, may just bin the book by Bhagat as soon as they cross 10 pages. Conversations, conversations without merit, language that cannot harbour depth of emotions and thoughts, and predictable sequence of events define One Indian Girl in terms of the narrative style.

On the flip side, if I play the devil’s advocate, I can say – who cares? Chetan Bhagat knows his audience. He knows who are readers interested in his novels. And, eventually and logically, he writes for the same audience. So, if he indulges in intellectual arm-twisting in terms of language, narrative, prose style, and literary merits (with sugarcoated compliments from those who have been controlling the narrative for decades), his readers will turn their backs on his works. And it might just overshadow all the fame and money. A class 10 student or a call-centre employee does not care about literary merits. All he or she cares about is a good story that entertains, keeps one forgetting real-world problems and helps pass the time we call leisure. In those circumstances and putting it contextually, Chetan’s tactics work and he knows how to win over his audience. What do you think about this aspect? Well, even though putting these things in mind, there cannot be any explanations or excuses for Bhagat’s mockery of women’s issues by limiting everything to a condom in the wallet and sex on the beach. That is beyond redemption!

Entering the role of critic once more, the character development classes may be something this author did never attend. Barring the good work in One Night at Call Centre, Bhagat seldom exhibited any understanding of the character beyond the mental simulator he might deploy. In One Indian Girl, characters seldom show any real-world qualities. They are shallow and unconvincing. The protagonist, Radhika Mehta, is an investment banker attempting to navigate the complexities of love, career, and expectations of the family (and society in extension). However, one does not need a degree in nuclear physics to understand that Bhagat’s portrayal of Radhika fails to create a truly relatable and authentic female character. Instead, and indeed, she becomes a mere caricature, embodying stereotypes and embodying a superficial feminist discourse. Many feminists in the true sense would agree if they read the novel with close attention and critical observation. It is ironic to witness Radhika’s internal struggles and choices reduced to predictable patterns… Her character seldom veers through the complexities of women’s experiences in a meaningful way.

It would be debated if I say that the character of Radhika is made a vessel for taking Chetan’s puzzling thoughts on feminism and ‘serious’ feminist issues to a distance. However, if you look closely, the corporate lady does not make herself relatable, likeable or even meaningful through her conduct, choices, actions and decisions. Coloured by a series of monotonous and lengthy email exchanges between Radhika and her ex-boyfriends. This format, as expected, quickly becomes monotonous and fails to engage readers on an emotional or intellectual level (or even at a basic narrative level that entices readers to know what happened next). What the novelist could have done with such a character, logically and sensibly, was to explore the depths of Radhika’s character through introspection and introspective prose, understand the dynamics of interpersonal relationships, emotional and sexual dimensions, identity in personal and social contexts, and ambitions as a person seeking stability in a male-dominated corporate space. However, on the contrary, and as expected from him, Bhagat resorts to a disjointed and repetitive storytelling device that ultimately distracts from any meaningful exploration of the central themes.

Moreover, the novel’s ‘treatment’ of gender dynamics and feminism is superficial and lacks critical analysis. Bhagat’s portrayal of feminism is reductive, reducing it to a mere checklist of accomplishments and achievements (in some wayward manner). Radhika is an investment banker, good. Radhika has boyfriends. Good. Radhika enjoys sex. Good. Radhika runs away when faced with dilemmas. Good. The novelist has made her a punching bag for his own assertions and weird notions about feminism. By the way, what’s the need to depict sexual encounters in 2-3 pages every now and then? Instead of presenting a nuanced understanding of the challenges faced by women in Indian society, the narrative often devolves into didactic and preachy dialogues that oversimplify complex social issues. And needless to state, this oversimplification does a disservice to the feminist movement and undermines the significance of genuine feminist literature. One of the most glaring shortcomings of One Indian Girl is its failure to address the intersectionality of women’s experiences. The novel confines itself within a narrow and privileged narrative, failing to acknowledge the diverse voices and struggles of women from different socio-economic backgrounds and religions. It is apt to say that Bhagat’s depiction of women is limited to a homogenous perspective, negating the potential for a more inclusive and comprehensive exploration of feminism.

At last, Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl falls short of delivering a meaningful and intellectually stimulating narrative on gender dynamics and women’s empowerment. And it is only a test of merits based on what the novelist asserted before the public launch of the novel. The over-simplistic writing style, shallow character development, and superficial treatment of feminist themes undermine the novel’s potential for critical engagement. It is evident that this work perpetuates stereotypes and fails to contribute meaningfully to the rich literary discourse on gender and feminism. One Indian Girl, another commercial success and literary failure of Bhagat, ultimately disappoints, leaving readers yearning for a more insightful and nuanced exploration of women’s experiences in contemporary Indian society. Even the story leaves the readers in a conundrum – what does Radhika do?

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Feminism is not Chetan’s forte. He makes a mockery of real issues faced by women on the ground in many places. Everything can’t (and should not) be joked about. Chetan makes fun of feminism.

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“One Indian Girl” by Chetan Bhagat – Book Review

“One Indian Girl” by Chetan Bhagat is a novel that narrates the story of Radhika Mehta, a highly successful banker who is on the brink of getting married. The book follows Radhika’s journey as she embarks on a trip to Goa to attend her friend’s wedding, where she reflects on her past relationships and personal struggles.

Throughout the book, Radhika’s voice is the dominant one, as she shares her experiences and thoughts with the reader. The author does a good job of capturing the complexities of Radhika’s character, as she struggles to balance her personal and professional life. The book is also a commentary on the societal pressures that women face, particularly in India, and the challenges that come with being a successful and independent woman.

The book is written in a conversational style, making it an easy and enjoyable read. The author does a good job of interweaving humor and satire into the narrative, which adds to the overall appeal of the book. The author also touches upon themes of love, heartbreak, and relationships, making the book relatable to a wide audience.

One of the strengths of the book is the portrayal of Radhika’s relationships with the men in her life. The author has done a good job of showing the different sides of each character, and how they influence Radhika’s decisions and life choices. The book also highlights the difficulties that women face when trying to reconcile their personal and professional lives, and how societal expectations can sometimes be overwhelming.

Overall, “One Indian Girl” is a well-written, thought-provoking novel that explores the complexities of modern relationships and the challenges that women face in India. The book is a must-read for anyone who is interested in understanding the complexities of contemporary relationships and the societal pressures that women face in India. The author’s use of humor and satire, along with his ability to capture the complexities of modern relationships, make this a highly recommended book for anyone looking for a light and engaging read.

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One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat – Book Review

I am late to the party! I know already. One Indian Girl has been one of the most discussed novels in the 21st-century Indian history of English literature, there should be no doubts about this truth which cannot be impugned by any scholar or critic. However, there have been many issues related to the novel that can be (and should be, rather must be) debated vehemently because Chetan Bhagat is one of the most influential novelists in India right now, in terms of his impact upon the young readers of the country and not critically. So, today I will take my chance and offer my two cents about One Indian Girl, the novel by a contemporary writer who has marginalised all other contemporary novelists in India in the romantic fiction genre.

Radhika Mehta, the central character in the novel, is a girl of her own ways, rules and choices. She chose to build herself in terms of her likening and she does it successfully as the novel progresses and finished. She is equally free and enjoys freedom in terms of basking on the sky of her sexual preferences and desires and there comes the grand mistake that our leading novelist has committed. Chetan, in an utterly unexpected turn, has converted his feminist narrative into a sexual freedom debate within the central character’s thought and the readers can find her comparing size, duration and pleasure metrics when she has sex with different partners. Why did the novelist make such confusing, childish and shameful mistake?

The novel’s narrative is highly confusing and we can seldom find a viewpoint, the vantage ground in the storyline from where we can evaluate the novel’s objectives, the purpose of its theme or the key points in its plot that raise questions concerning with feminism or elicits the points we can associate with the idea of feminism. The male characters are mostly morally bankrupt and they have been shown in a light that better be dark. Radhika does not impress because the novelist did not let him.

I am not all impressed with the quality of writing by Chetan in this novel. One Indian Girl has failed in terms of language. It has not been emphatic in terms of communicating with the readers as it should have been in order to make the desired impact. I won’t say that I am disappointed because I am not. It was expected of Chetan to do it because, for him, it doesn’t matter what literature is, what literary theory critics might refer to critique his novels or what the readers’ sentiment might be in terms of reception, he just writes and he writes what he thinks he should write. He has his own literary theories and his own definitions of ideas like feminism and modernism. He can establish his own quick rules and work upon them in his works. I am very sure that he INTENDED all that he has written in his novels and it can be termed as a deliberate mistake that he has made knowingly to attract the readers. Otherwise, no novelist could see his or her idea of feminism limiting itself on the bed in a sizzling bedroom or on the beach!

I seriously don’t think any other critical reader would have liked the novel. Still, you can let me know your thoughts.

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One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat | Book Review

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One Indian Girl limits itself to the lucrative idea of sexual pleasure and hides behind the veils of USA glimmers and shies away from the subject of feminism in actual terms.

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The (minimum-spoiler) review of Chetan Bhagat’s 'One Indian Girl' in five steps

The novel asks some important questions, while unhesitatingly accepting other problematic things..

I do other things besides pick restaurants. Like make a ton of money for a girl my age. Heck, I make a lot of money for anyone any age. I also got a top rating in my reviews. Can you at least praise me a little for it?

One: A poetic summation

Sometimes it is criminal to look any further than Wendy Cope to decode matters that are confoundingly complex and simple at once in the lives of women – whether men, relationships and new resolutions, or vague longings, striking failures and the exact point of oranges. And so, it is to Wendy Cope that we turn, retrospectively, to obtain the pithiest, most appropriate poetic summation of Chetan Bhagat’s new novel One Indian Girl , which, incidentally, had caused a great deal of flurry among his fans – and detractors – following the pre-publication announcement that, unlike any of his previous novels, One Indian Girl is entirely told in a female voice.

The novel opens at a cliff-hanger in the present, in a destination wedding in Goa – paid for, do note, by the bride herself. She is beside herself with anxiety, though. The complicated karmas of the past that are being reaped now are retold through flashbacks. The following 12 lines by Ms Cope will convey the essence of the central conflict in the book that unfolds over the course of the next 270 pages:

Bloody men are like bloody buses – You wait for about a year And as soon as one approaches your stop Two or three others appear. You look at them flashing their indicators, Offering you a ride. You're trying to read the destination, You haven't much time to decide. If you make a mistake, there is no turning back. Jump off, and you'll stand there and gaze While the cars and the taxis and lorries go by And the minutes, the hours, the days. — "Bloody Men"

Two: The bride – and the buses

Radhika Mehta is a late bloomer. She was a nerd through school and college, but in her late twenties, she is a greater “success” than her more popular peers could ever be. Hell, she is a greater success than even most unpopular nerds. Headhunted into Goldman Sachs from IIM-A, much like her creator, Radhika shines bright in her career in the high-value, low-emotions Distressed Debt section of the global bank, in their glamorous New York office.

While Radhika’s rooted, conservative, middle-class West Delhi parents badger her about settling down with a suitable boy, Radhika embarks on her own journey, encounters love, sex and dhokha (not necessarily in that order), challenges many of the stereotypes associated with her particular class and culture background – while affirming other stereotypes – and, much to the chagrin of her mother (which groom can match her bonuses?), begins to quickly earn an annual compensation of half a million dollars and counting:

“A hundred and fifty thousand dollars. So one-and-a-half-lakh dollars,” I said on the phone to my mother. “Tell me in rupees,” she said. “It is forty-five to the dollar now. So, around 70 lakhs.” “That’s your bonus?” I heard a vessel drop. “What kind of work do you do anyway?” “What is that supposed to mean?” “I have never heard anyone earn that much.” “I told you, I am in distressed debt. So we work with companies in trouble.” “How can you make money if those companies are in trouble?” I laughed, “We do. Is dad around?”

The chief buses that trundle by are three in number: the fish-eating Bengali Debashish Sen urf Debu, an advertising professional in New York City, whose feminist and communist leanings both bear out to be rather cosmetic in nature; Neel Gupta, a young Rajat Gupta-ish type who’s made partner at Goldman Sachs early on, and is married with kids; and the rather unfortunately named Brijesh Gulati, the groom at the destination wedding, an IT engineer with Facebook who dresses like Sundar Pichai and also belongs, before Menlo Park, San Francisco, to Radhika’s neighbourhood, Naraina Vihar, in West Delhi.

None of the above lives or works in India. All of the above were educated – at least partially – in India. The clean and almost epic aspirational arc of the book is its primary hook. And that is how we get to globalisation…

Three: Globalisation and other malcontents

The first time I read Chetan Bhagat was for an MA course in JNU that was called, cleverly, “Globalisation: Literature, Culture and Society” and taught by Makarand Paranjape. I remember we were discussing One Night at the Call Centre in class, and I stayed up several hours the night before to complete the book. I was familiar with the success of Five Point Someone , and had gifted it to younger cousins, but I hadn’t read it yet. I enjoyed One Night , especially in the context of the various popular fiction tropes employed in its canvas, even as we read a whole bunch of economics in class to re-examine the mainstream rhetoric of globalisation.

In my opinion, it is important to see One Indian Girl in that framework. Since popular fiction is often not massively self-aware, there is, of course, a consistent glorification and celebration of the global financial ecosystem that has given Radhika her extraordinary material wealth. Not even the slenderest of critiques appear. This is gently underlined through the difference between her investment banking job, for instance, and her father’s at the State Bank of India – he had retired as manager – and only once is there an argument between Radhika and Debu over the outcome of a casual telephone conversation between Radhika and her colleagues that will result in the retrenchment of two hundred workers in a factory in China (by closing the factory and selling it as real estate) to give Goldman Sachs a clean profit of twenty million. Otherwise, there are no uncomfortable questions asked.

But what makes this compelling is the neat role reversal. Many of my former literature classmates, girls mostly, activists and humanitarian souls, married rich if dull bankers and thereby maintained the fiscal and moral balance within the family through a neat division. But since it is Radhika who earns much more than many of her beaus – and enjoys her success and wealth without intellectualising it one bit, which is just as well – there are a great deal of ripples within the relationships that follow. This is a deeply interesting issue to examine. From Abhimaan to Ki and Ka , we have been interrogating the effects of “success” on gender roles for a while now, and Chetan Bhagat has put this aspect of relationships front and centre in One Indian Girl .

Four: shallow beautiful people

So we can say that this is a story of successful shallow Indians, not exactly at home in the world but trying desperately to be, looking for love and meaning in their lives while Whatsapping and Facebooking relentlessly. Their lives are a fry cry from those of their parents; so much so that, suddenly, generational chasms have widened beyond all measure.

While the mothers and aunts are meant to provide both comic relief and a commentary on the traditional roles that the Radhikas of our generation have joyfully stepped out of, it is their predictable patter that introduces a strongly Indian (and rather likeable) chorus, in the middle of all the political correctness. Of course, mistake me not…

Five: Let’s talk about cunnilingus

The political correctness is not a bad thing. I mean, I was not wild about Half Girlfriend , primarily because I’d found its politics problematic, but it seems Bhagat set out to ask some of the right questions in One Indian Girl – from career choice to ladkiwalen versus ladkewalen hierarchies – questions that, to many of his readers, will seem novel and urgent. If Pink was meant to educate the young Indian male about consent, One Indian Girl runs the gauntlet from the definition of feminism to the shattering of glass ceilings and the power of cunnilingus – in educating the youth of India.

There are things serious feminists will disagree with (his views on waxing, for instance) and there are things that post-feminists will disagree with (his prescriptive approach at times). But there is no doubt that they’ll all keep reading till the very end to find out exactly what happened, in the final analysis, at the bus stop.

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One Indian Girl book review: Chetan Bhagat’s novel fizzles out

The new chetan bhagat novel has a female narrator but despite its bold variations, one indian girl largely sticks to the script..

Author: Chetan Bhagat

Price: Rs 176

One Indian Girl begins with a Punjabi family. Check. Obviously, there is a wedding. Check. You can’t possibly forget a dramatic mother coupled with a relatively sober father and a troupe of aunties. Check. Chetan Bhagat could probably come up with a code for what entertains the Indian masses, for Punjabis plus a wedding seems to be his favourite algorithm. And One Indian Girl is not too different.

In a first, a Chetan Bhagat novel has a female narrator but despite its bold variations, it largely sticks to the script. That doesn’t mean it has to be admonished because, after all, there is comfort in pattern and traditions.

One Indian Girl’s only motif, apart from putting up a spectacle loved by readers, is an inquiry into the mind of an Indian woman -- not a girl, but a woman. It delves into the wonderfully weird narrator, Radhika, whose internal monologue is as comical as it is relatable. Through conversations with herself, she tells the story of being born in a family that always wanted a boy but settled for an overachieving, nerdy career woman who can’t find a groom for herself because she isn’t a “girl anymore”.

Through the narrator, One Indian Girl explains why patriarchy thrives in India; not just because it is imposed by the men, but because these societal rules and restrictions are internalised by women. It is when Radhika seeks validation from her insecure boyfriend, who earns less than her, that the ugly scars of gender discrimination are visible. The realisation strikes again when the Goldman Sachs vice-president is told by her lover/married boss he did not see her as a “maternal” figure. Eventually, her past asks her to make a choice a lot of women would be familiar with: Pursuing a glittering career or living a fulfilling, homely life. Neither of her lovers recognize that a woman could want, and have, both.

But there are bigger chinks in the protagonist that stream in darker shadows of the society. In the opening chapters, the narrator thinks to herself, “This is how we girls are. At times, we want to be wanted even when we deny it.” Although the statement merely refers to the popular belief that women seek attention, it is a far cry from the lesson taught by Amitabh Bachchan’s resounding “She said No” in the movie Pink. It serves to tell us that stereotypes are dangerous, that all women may not enjoy shopping and not everyone wants a man to fawn over as she spurns him. To categorise a woman as attention-seeking is a lot like claiming all men are sexual predators. It is as nearly as ridiculous as Chetan Bhagat attempting to understand women’s psyche by getting himself waxed...

Like the indication that the society needs to change, Radhika too evolves from an under-confident geek to a decisive character living on her own terms. Her metamorphosis throws in another emerging pattern. Like Kangana Ranaut-starrer Queen, the woman has to move out of the confines of her country and out of the watchful gaze of the Indian society to discover herself. On the contrary, Radhika’s mother and sister -- who remain in India -- are deeply rooted to tradition, often justifying the system’s claustrophobic walls and following its rules mechanically.

There are, however, glaring misses in the story. While Radhika’s love life soars and topples, her professional growth only sees a straight upward trend without any blips. By zooming in on just one element of the character’s life, the author inadvertently simplifies her and relegates her issues to merely her personal life.

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Alas! All good things must come to an end. After an intelligent first half, One Indian Girl turns into a standard Chetan Bhagat bestseller (or a future box office hit?). The plot comes to a full circle as the scene once again turns to the Goan wedding and melodrama ensues as the oblivious family dances to ‘chittiya kaliya’.

The larger question is: Is it worth spending time over? The novel can be best described as a slight anomaly from the ordinary. By the end, it’s like an advertisement theme song you don’t care about, but one that you can’t stop humming. But Bhagat’s status as a bestselling author may compel his huge readership base to spark a dialogue on feminism and equal rights. Even though it falls short of making real impact, it may just be a beginning.

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A script for Bollywood

A book with no feminist men, and no feminist women either.

Updated - December 02, 2016 10:46 am IST

Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl is a polarising book. Reviewers belong to one of two camps: they either want to burn it or they gesticulate wildly at the sales figures, mumbling about “publishing revolution” and a “new breed of readers”. Yes, Chetan Bhagat did once revolutionise the Indian (English) publishing industry by speaking for the aspirations of a generation. But this is not that book. This book is being sold by a brand, and people buy brands for all sorts of complex reasons. Lakhs and lakhs of fans will queue up for tickets for the first-day first-show of a superstar’s film. Is the film any good? Maybe, maybe not. They are there because it is their superstar’s film, not particularly because they think it is good.! Such is the case with Bhagat’s book: sales numbers mean very little when a book is given away for Res. 1 in the first week of its launch.

The plot of One Indian Girl reads like a colour-by-numbers exercise book on Bollywood scriptwriting — Punjabi wedding? Check. Comedy sequence with bumbling aunties? Check. Sex on exotic beach? Check. Locations in New York, Hong Kong and London? Check, check, check. The central premise of the novel is no less formulaic: An immensely successful woman has to choose between three brainless-but-adorable men. One is a self-confessed bore and cricket and Bollywood enthusiast. The second is a Bengali communist with an unfortunate penchant for the word “baby”. The third is a highly desirable but entirely inappropriate older man. But why would Radhika Mehta — successful, stylish, kind — want to choose any of these three moronic men is the question. The only reason she could have for falling in love with them is that she is so insecure that she simply cannot believe that they chose her. Women with low self-esteem issues do strange things, and I’m sure there are lots of high-achieving women out there heartbroken about men who do not deserve their attention. Who are we to dictate what Radhika should feel or not feel.The problem is that Bhagat never tells us why she is so hung up about men so unworthy of her. It’s as though he assumes that it is completely normal for intelligent and successful women to be besotted with jerks.

Let’s be honest. One Indian Girl never set off to be a feminist book. Bhagat’s politics are probably closer to that of his character Brijesh Gulati: “I think all human beings should have equal rights. It’s not men versus women, it’s human versus human. Feminist is a wrong term. It should be humanist.” After her moment of self-actualisation, that’s the conclusion Bhagat’s protagonist, Radhika, also makes. “Everything doesn’t need hi-fi labels like feminism. Just logic,” she says, and they skip away into the sunset, content with their mutual reasonableness, dismissing a 300-year-old fierce history of a socio-political movement. Is every story from a woman’s perspective obligated to be a feminist one? I don’t think so. But the problem is that somewhere down the line, Bhagat lost the plot and instead of writing a book from the “point of view of a girl” it became a book on “the problems women face”.

Props to Bhagat for trying to take on a multitude of issues — the constant undermining of a woman’s success, women being forced to choose between work and home, the obsession over fair skin — all very relevant. These sections are perhaps the redeeming bits — the reason several readers have stepped up to say they relate to Radhika’s story. But the problem is, Bhagat, by trying to include the voice of each of the hundred women he interviewed, ends up with cacophony. All the evils of the world are mounted on the shoulders of the mother — she is obsessed about marriage, ashamed of her daughter’s skin colour, and is the voice of a society that constantly undermines a woman’s success. Radhika’s sister gets an equally raw deal: she is self-centred, cares only about her looks, and has no life outside her marriage.

It’s not just the women Bhagat is unkind to. Radhika’s lovers sound like cardboard cut-outs that exist just to make Radhika’s life difficult. One man asks her to choose kids over career, the other asks her to choose career over kids. They are perfect inverted mirror images of each other. Bhagat tries too hard to evoke sympathy and ends up having the opposite effect: “See, see! This is what women face! Care about this! Now!”!! It feels like you’re being hit on the head with a rubber hammer emblazoned with the words “WOMEN’S PROBLEMS” underlined four times.

But there is a golden core. It is essentially the story of one woman’s battle against insecurity, an insecurity that stems from growing up in an unequal society. Only when Radhika gives up her critical inner-voice — her “mini me” that constantly tells her what a woman should or should not do does she find happiness. Though this message is worthy, you will have to peel away layers of nonsense to get to it. Radhika spends far too much time judging other women and grovelling for attention and validation from her lovers and male bosses. At one point, she offers to quit her job to assuage her boyfriend’s ego.“I wanted him. I was ready to be his girl, just the way he wanted me to be,” she says. She stalks her exes with the tenacity with which Tamil heroes stalk heroines. Then, after her moment of self-actualisation, she goes on a round-the-world trip and achieves a zen-like state of calm. But what does Radhika then do? She has a romantic coffee date with the “humanist not feminist” Brijesh Gulati she rejected two months ago. If Bhagat was indeed trying to write a feminist book, is this the solution he offers? Date a humanist?

Radhika lives in a world populated entirely by men, except for her mother and sister. Other female characters are a secretary or a flight attendant. At no point do these characters have a meaningful conversation about anything. Just as responsible, feminist men are absent from Bhagat’s world, so are responsible, feminist women.

One Indian Girl was supposed to be representative of the modern Indian woman. Instead, it is about an immensely unlikeable woman who has a lifestyle that can best be described as aspirational. At least the title was right. The book is literally about one Indian girl.

Chitralekha Manohar is an editor and writer. She publishes a newsletter called This Fortnight in Publishing.

Published - October 22, 2016 04:15 pm IST

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One Indian Girl: Chetan Bhagat

December 13, 2019
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Honestly, for the introduction, I would say that I might have expected more from Chetan Bhagat. His novel, One Indian Girl, became popular among the youths (for reasons very obvious). In this novel, the author claims to have taken the flag of feminism and, he says, tried to explore the female psyche in the matters of work, marriage and sex. However, unfortunately, the author’s good intentions could not meet likewise support by the technical aspects of One Indian Girl as a novel and it miserably failed to impress serious readers. Here is the review of this novel for The Last Critic by me, Nishant Sinha.

In the Sphere:

There are 42 chapters in the book that spreads almost 300 pages and, to be precise, 280 pages in paperback format. The ‘action’ or the novel takes place in three major places – New York, London and Hong Kong. It begins at a wedding and ends at a no-wedding or a hint of a wedding. However, what has captured the attention of the readers is not how it begins or ends but how it develops.

The Book:

Radhika is the ‘One Indian Girl’ of concern here. Chetan Bhagat says that he wished to write a woman’s perspective of life in the strict contexts (and I don’t know why and how did he manage to shrink the context only to having sex on the boat or on the cruise). It begins with a marriage hunt and eventually transforms into sexual pleasure hunting.

“That was her prime concern. Her twenty-three-year-old daughter, who grew up in middle-class West Delhi, had cracked a job at one of the biggest investment banks in the world and all she cared about was its impact on her groom-hunt.”

And this is also a matter of concerning limitation that most of the characters in the novels by Chetan Bhagat are familiar. Investment bankers or students – and young. However, Radhika’s marriage is a sure concern and it could have been a great novel had it focused on the social and psychological issues rather physical spectacle.

“He placed his hand on my breast, over my dress. He wanted to slide his hand in but couldn’t. I would have had to remove the entire fitted dress to give him access.”

And then it happens, eventually… all the guns of Chetan Bhagat’s sex on the beach fantasies…

And all this concludes at nothing! Debu comes and fucks and goes away. Neel does the same and Brijesh comes as a solace. So, Mr Bhagat, where did all the feminism go away?

Conclusion:

The novel One Indian Girl is certainly about ‘one’ Indian girl who Chetan Bhagat has created in his fancy. However, this girl’s narrative is not hers at all; it is all about Chetan Bhagat’s own narrowed interpretation of the situations and scenarios. Radhika is there in the novel and that’s it – she is there in the novel only.

Good for entertainment purposes, One Indian Girl can be read by the youths who want to read casual fiction and enjoy it. You can get a copy of the novel from Amazon India by clicking the link below:

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Chetan Bhagat’s last novel (perhaps) One Indian Girl has been peddled as ‘a handbook for feminists’ and ‘an improvement over Half-girlfriend’ and so on and so forth. Real readers, however, had different reviews for the book. The ones who have seriousness in their reading style have caught the loopholes in the book and the ones who are ‘just excited’ to read Chetan Bhagat have praised the book without even caring for what they are praising after all! So, One Indian Girl has brought Chetan Bhagat a mixed response and he has been there as a bestselling author as ever. What’s the deal? What really is this One Indian Girl? Finally, I decided to read the book so that I could have it reviewed on Indian Book Critics platform because several readers have written for this. Here you go.

“The editors at Rupa, for their relentless attempts to make the book better.”

Chetan Bhagat acknowledges this fact at the very beginning. However, even the ‘relentless attempts’ could not make the book any better as the editors cannot, unfortunately, fathom the psyche of the author who writes the book. They can, at the best, improve the silly mistakes and some stylistic improvements only. Well, leaving the sarcasm behind, let’s get into the depth of his novel.

Radhika, the protagonist of the novel, boldly announces at the beginning that she has had sex as if that adds weight to Chetan’s feministic ism. Radhika is designed in a way that she seems to the readers a girl who has her say on all the occasions which go on building her life in several blocks. She earns good; she lives in a foreign country; she is a free thinker; she decides what happens to her. Very brave and very bold, indeed!

She has two lovers in different slices of time – Neel is the later one and Debashish or Debu is the former one and she ends up marrying the third one called Brijesh. The predictable storyline of Chetan Bhagat can seldom get out of the IIM-A and Facebook and Goldman Sachs. His idle woman explores ‘a lot’ giving him the chances to write the exciting ‘on-screen’ romance which could bag his bags later. The corporate fiction that Chetan ji tried to build in One Indian Girl falls flat – this is common!

Indians too know what you are trying to mention, Chetan! And as his characters are from the highest possible point on the middle-class hierarchy, does he expect them to care whether a girl had sex or not? Brijesh, who works in Facebook on a reputed position, does he not know that a girl or Radhika’s status could have had boyfriends in the past? So, what’s the fuss about? That’s a simple boring story we get to read every next day on Amazon by many authors who try to imitate Chetan…

The hit & miss: What Chetan was trying to do is indeed a noble job. He was trying to enter inside a woman’s head and see what’s happening but merely by interviewing people and them opening up in front of him, it could never be done. I am reminded of Jane Eyre once again. What a beautiful search for self-conscious that was and through a route much larger, wider and relatable. The route which somehow comes to a point where a body could be piled up over or under another body is certainly not the way to do it! Writing a novel and writing a novel for the screen are two different things and I am happy that Chetan perhaps realised it lastly!

If you really want to read the novel, you can get it from the link below (Amazon):

One Indian Girl on Amazon India

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Book Review of Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl: An Answer to What Women Want by Dr. Richa Tripathi

Book: one indian girl author: chetan bhagat publisher: rupa & co. pages: 280 reviewed by: dr. richa tripathi, this novel of chetan bhagat deals with the most cliché question, ‘what women really want’ unlike his previous novels, this time writer pens a female as his protagonist, to raise bigger issues such as gender equality, society verses individualism, feminism, liberalism and humanism. writer tries to target modern, liberated and independent youngsters who believe in ‘live and let others live’ as they have the capacity to handle the so-called pressure of ‘being indian’. bhagat wants to draw attention to this issue that if it is a female, challenges and pressure of ‘being indian girl’ is even harder. her protagonist radhika mehta like every other independent indian girl comes out as a fighter who knows how to learn from her own experiences and how to live life on her own terms. somewhat, chetan bhagat is succeeded in setting the example with the help of the climax of the novel which is uncommon and rebellious., the lady in the cover is suitable to catch the attention of the audience as every man wants to know what women want. her ethnic look in sari, chain, nose pin and hair bun indicates her consistent struggle to meet all the social expectation beyond her personal aspiration. her bent head and leaning stare give readers the deeper insight of her urge for equal human rights and equal human freedom. ‘why only me, every time’ is a question present in her gaze which is frequently argued by radhika with her mother and her lovers. actually, it’s a setup to raise a query among readers with the help of her thought provoking heated conversations. this red chunari around her seems like a marriage trap to cage an independent bird with wings. the statue of liberty in the new york city, a memorial made to celebrate independence, democracy and liberty after the abolition of slavery of any kind that represents the true inner self of protagonist. readers can easily connect themselves with this one indian girl who is the symbol of independence and freedom in abroad but fighting hard with this repressive monarchy of male dominating society in her motherland. entire plot moves around radhika’s journey to search her true inner self while she was trying hard to satisfy everyone’s expectations around her. after cover page, next page is totally dedicated to the appraisal, accomplishments, awards, achievements done by chetan bhagat which seems like a smart and strategic move to enlarge the circle of the audiences., with the use of first person narration, radhika’s notions clearly offer reader to read her mind and to give them a chance to empathise with her. the combo of her tempered outer replies and the brutal callings of her inner voice ‘mini me’ is the main centre of attraction for the reader to feel captive with the plot and characters and to develop better understanding for radhika, who sometimes unable to discern herself because of the mess present in her life. entire story revolves around the pursuit of her aspirations and her fortitude to overcome limitations against all odds., on indian girl talks about the story of twenty-seven-year-old radhika mehta, daughter of sbi branch manage sudarshan mehta and homemaker aparna mehta who is a vice president in the firm of an investment bank in which she earns in millions. she is all set to have an arrange marriage in goa with brijesh gulati who works in facebook. surprisingly, her two exes, debu and neel gupta show up there to marry her. like anshuman’s character in the movie ‘jab we met’, debu wants to marry radhika and forces her to alter the groom from her wedding from brijesh to debu because now he is regretting his act of rejecting radhika in the beginning. on the other side neel gupta is all set to elope with the ‘bride to be’ in her charted plane. sudden change in their perspectives shocks her because both thought of her not ‘a marriage material type’. story revolves around in new york, hong kong, london and goa. in goa, where she is trying to make up her mind for arrange marriage. she is making her mind for being naked in front of a perfect stranger after marriage. all the relatives of girl-side and boy side have come to attend the ceremony. with the progression of the story, reader will come to know the two versions of radhika, the perfect daughter, sister, lover, bride to be and dedicated professional with sweet lies and on the other side her eternal critic the mini me, her real self with bitter truths. reader can easily bond themselves with the mini me as everyone has a voice of an inner consciences and only few dare to live by that., interestingly enough, this is a novel defines feminism from different angles where protagonist’s anti-feminist mother plays a very interesting role to highlight this big issue with the help of her humorous and witty comments in every possible manner. reader will definitely enjoy reading her remarks and can easily match them with their own personal experiences of being the part of indian family. writer certainly wants to unleash all the sealed stereotypes of ‘being indian’ such as prejudgemental tendencies, wrong assumptions, deceptive tactics and all the emotional blackmailing done by indians for the name of ‘customary protocols’., in this novel, bhagat seems to be inspired by e. l. james’s fifty shades of grey as his bold narration of the intercourse between debu and radhika is making it not only romantic but also erotic and sensuous at some extent. it looks like an anatomy class for the readers also as they will read the phrases like ‘grabbed my breasts’, ‘kissed my nipples’, ‘pulled down my panties’, ‘entered me gently’ and ‘tongue had felt better’. and the closing lines after sex is very challenging to declare but bhagat’s radhika does it by saying, “i would be rather a spent and finished slut than a good but frustrated indian girl”., once again, chetan bhagat is unable to come out from her liner creativity as reader will again experience a typical mom with her sexist remarks, an investment banker story, love traps and the two states differences and now this time it is punjabi and bengali community. the title, ‘one indian girl’ is capable to mystify the readers as it is expected from the writer to be more realistic in approach because indian society is harsher in reality and mostly escape and denial are not that simple where burning brides, female feticides, acid attack victims and honour killing victims are in the news all the time., by reading this novel, reader will get the clarity about the real meaning of true independence is that one is not answerable to anyone but oneself and one should not go by the society’s versions of what is moral, ethical or right. individual has a thought process and they should not only think for themselves but also question everything. individual should be answerable to his/her consciousness without justifying things unnecessarily to anyone. don’t suppress your uniqueness to maintain normalcy. this is the moral of the story and massage of chetan bhaget to every indian girl so that they can feel proud on themselves. at last, as a reader loves to find the answer of that so called cliché question by replying that ‘what women really want is the option not to choose between what they actually want because they deserve all’., the reviewer: dr. richa tripathi, dr. richa tripathi is assistant professor, humanities department at galgotia college of engineering and technology, gr. noida, uttar pradesh. she teaches graduate and post graduate students english and professional communication. her uncomplicated poetic lines are filled with humanistic approach towards life. her multiple research paper, articles and poems have been published in various national and international journals i.e. ‘an indian bride’, ‘romio & juliut in verse’ in galaxy: international multidisciplinary research journal, ‘on the judgement day’ in the criterion: an international journal in english, ‘once upon a night’, ‘tandav for love’, ‘still cry’ and ‘pray for the dead’ in modern research studies, ‘let me express’ and ‘love: an eternal flow’ in the book “the melodies of immortality”..

One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat Book review

One Indian girl book review – It is about a young First class banker Radhika Mehta who works for the Goldman Sachs, one of the leading investment banks with an excellent pay. She is a feminist in nature who has an opinion over everything which is not encouraged in the Indian society. She is not fair complexioned unlike her sister but beautiful with brains. She has a orthodox narrow minded Indian mother who keeps asking her to get married and get settled in life. For her age,Radhika earns a lot of money most importantly more than men do, which again breaks the Indian stereotype. She wants to live her life like she wishes to, but the men in her life control her from living so.

After so many complications in her past love life with two different guys,Debashish Sen and Neel, she agrees to get married, a typical arranged marriage with Brijesh Gulati. They plan for destination wedding at Goa. Big fat Indian weddings generally tend to go on for days and also she agrees to it with a confused mind. To add up more confusion, we can say there is a blast from the past, two days prior to her wedding with Brijesh. Radhika is someone who is not worth losing, and now she has to choose between her past lovers and her current fiancé. Radhika does something unpredictable. To know how Radhika came out from the dramatic mess read the book One Indian girl. Radhika Mehta is indeed a courageous modern Indian girl.

“ Say that to my mother . She stays up at night wondering about who will marry me with this skin colour .” ― Chetan Bhagat , ONE INDIAN GIRL .

Chetan bhagat is a well known English author in India. To be honest, I would have enjoyed the book more if there was a better story or a better plot. The story is very unremarkable or unexceptional. Personally When I was reading it , all i could imagine was another Hindi movie ready to be made like the author’s other books 2 states and Half girlfriend. Although 2 states was a good book which was worth reading. This book has satisfied all the aspects of a bollywood movie, say dialogues ,humour, location, Romance, and most importantly drama. In my opinion A novel must be more than just a pen script and not the routine style of stories.

The men in the book have a Cliché character, the three men fall into three different given categories who tend to force the protagonist to live according to their own will and this creates a suffocating situation for that Indian girl. We can also see it is not just the guys giving her problems but her mother too is portrayed in a unpleasant manner. The mother is constantly worried about her daughter’s marriage, skin tone,salary being higher than men. There is a constant battle between her modern views and the rigid life fixed for women.There was good characterisation for Radhika, the protagonist but she did lack self esteem, despite being successful she fell for every guy who wanted her. She could not say No which made her look desperate.

One Indian girl did have positives! Chetan Bhagat for the first time has written it from a girl’s voice which was something I was looking forward for. And he did pretty much justice to it.The way he portrayed an Indian girl not just in an ordinary manner but in a very courageous twenty first century manner was brilliant. It made the male dominated society think about the problems Indian women face. Starting from feminism it finally gave a humanist thought. It made us realise it wasn’t the men we have to fight for female equality but humans in general. Although that good conclusion was spoilt a little bit in the after climax. Radhika’s behaviour did not prove the point.

You can definitely read the book once, might change some people’s thoughts and views. Book did well in the market because the author has already established some reputation and people would sort for his books despite the story being not so great.

The best quote from the book is ,

“You only need the light when it is burning low Only miss the sun when it starts to snow. How”

― Chetan Bhagat, one Indian girl.

TITLE – One Indian Girl

AUTHOR – Chetan Bhagat

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED – 2016

PUBLISHER- Rupa and co

PAGE COUNT -280

GENRE – Fiction, Romance

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One Indian Girl Review

We all know this book's going to be a bestseller – no One Indian Girl review, however good or bad, can change that. One Indian Girl is the first time Chetan Bhagat tells a story from a woman's point of view. Does it live up to the hype? Let's see.

Radhika Mehta is a good little Indian girl who studied hard, got into IIM Ahmedabad and then landed her dream job at the New York office of Goldman Sachs. But she's insecure about her looks. She has a couple of failed relationships. Finally, to please her nagging mother, she agrees to have an arranged marriage.

The story begins with Radhika and her family at the Marriott in Goa, preparing for her wedding to Brijesh. As the bride tries to focus on her bachelorette party, mehendi and sangeet, both her ex-lovers land at her wedding. Each of them is determined to make her elope with him.

What I liked

The story is a breeze, a typical Bollywood masala entertainer. While reading it I was already imagining the 'scenes' on screen. (For the record, Kangana Ranaut has already said she'd love to play the heroine , and I'm sure it's just a matter of time.) Chetan Bhagat knows what his audience wants and delivers it. There is never a dull moment. I read the whole thing in one sitting.

The Punjabi 'destination wedding' provides for several instances of harmless humour. The chuckle-worthy bits of social commentary hidden in there are certainly worth a read. Descriptions of the sangeet practice and the hapless dance instructor, the bhajan session etc. will make you smile. And Radhika's shaadi.com profile, written by her mother, is all too recognisable.

Radhika's mother creates a shaadi.com profile for her, aimed at eliciting responses from 'good boys'. Radhika is horrified!

So, is this a story about feminism?

The buzzword used to promote One Indian Girl was FEMINISM. Check out the video trailer used to promote it:

Bhagat ticks all the boxes: Strong female protagonist. Independent woman with a mind of her own who lives alone and makes her own decisions. A woman who wants to have sex, and to some extent, takes the initiative in seeking sex. However, that doesn't make this a story about 'feminism'. If at all there is a message in this story, it is not "A woman can do anything she wants" but rather, " Once she has enough money a woman can do anything she wants."

However, given the enormous influence that the author has on his large readership, I am glad that this book tries so hard. And in several places, it hits all the right notes. Chetan Bhagat gets it chillingly right when he makes both her ex-lovers question Radhika's maternal instincts simply because of her professional success. "Would you even be affectionate towards (y)our kids?" asks Debashish. Neel simply assumes that a woman who could scale great heights of professional success isn't the "maternal type." The scenario is all too common, unfortunately.

So what's missing?

so says Debu before he starts dating Radhika...

…so says Debu when Radhika asks him about marriage!

I can readily believe in a woman who is so insecure about her attractions that she clings to the first man who shows her any attention. But Radhika does not come across as that woman at all. What she says and does shows her to be a woman who isn't afraid to say what she thinks. So what kept their relationship going for as long as it did? It's unclear what Radhika saw in him, other than that he was her 'first love'. If he's meant to be a hypocrite who pays lip service to the idea of feminism, it should have been portrayed a little better.

Then again, the dialogues are terrible. Characters who have spent most of their lives in the UK or US use Hinglish-isms such as "Don't get high hopes" and "Tell me your gut feeling." Some conversations sound like emails: "Hong Kong office is visiting the factory. Will ask them to talk to a few developers too." The conversations on feminism between characters – especially between Radhika and Brijesh – seem forced and unrealistic.

The only character whose dialogues fit her was Radhika's mother. When Radhika insists on her mom looking for 'men with some class' as potential grooms for her, she retorts, "What is this class business when you yourself are eating peanuts on the road?"

The sharpest, ugliest bit of reality in One Indian Girl

The Verdict

One Indian Girl isn't bad, as popular light Indian reading goes. Good storyline, intriguing characters. Keeps the reader interested. It provides quite enough food for thought if you're looking for something light to read. With better character development and a tighter plot for the affair that Radhika has with a married man, One Indian Girl could have been much better. Buy One Indian Girl Online. Did you like the One Indian Girl review? Leave us a comment!

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A Father-Daughter Hike Becomes a Painful Coming of Age in 'Good One'

Published September 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

Newcomer Lily Collias is quietly mesmerizing as a teenager on a long hike with her dad and his friend in this indie. - COURTESY OF METROGRAPH PICTURES

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Newcomer Lily Collias is quietly mesmerizing as a teenager on a long hike with her dad and his friend in this indie.

The setting of India Donaldson's debut feature will look familiar to Vermonters — Good One was shot in the rocky, wooded landscape of New York's Hudson Valley. Hailed as a feminist coming-of-age story and nominated for awards at this year's Cannes Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival, the indie drama is playing at Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington and the Savoy Theater in Montpelier as of press time.

College-bound Sam (Lily Collias) takes a weekend hike in the Catskills with her dad, Chris (James Le Gros), and his longtime best friend, Matt (Danny McCarthy). Matt's teenage son was supposed to join them, but a recent, acrimonious divorce has left father and son at odds.

Sam finds herself caught between the two older men, whose friendship is likewise strained. Matt, an actor whose lucrative run on a cop show has ended, is struggling in every way. He's forgotten his sleeping bag and gets regularly tipsy, eager to talk about his feelings more often than Chris can tolerate. Sam offers Matt a sympathetic ear, but his neediness makes her increasingly uncomfortable. Before the hike is over, their dynamic will come to a head — with consequences for Sam's strong bond with her dad.

Will you like it?

The phrase "good one" is loaded. It's what many people bemoan not finding on their dating odysseys. It's a compliment, sure, but often a backhanded one, implying that "good ones" are rare in certain demographics.

When Matt calls Sam a "good one" — a good woman, a good daughter, a cooperative, non-"difficult" teen — the mixed emotions on Collias' face speak volumes. Sam is mortified, yet she can't deny that she's worked for the approval of her elders. While Matt wallows in his feelings like a moody kid, she trudges miles without complaint, finds subtle ways to mediate between him and her dad, whips up decent trail food, and finds hidden spots in which to change her tampons.

Some viewers may find that last detail TMI, but it matters. We've all seen acclaimed auteur films in which a lissome, carefree teenage girl breathes life and hope back into a man in the throes of midlife crisis. (Woody Allen was the most prolific purveyor of this archetype but far from the only one.) What we've rarely seen in those movies is the girl's perspective, including the parts of her experience that aren't so carefree — that might even be messy and humiliating.

Donaldson nails Sam's perspective without idealizing or demonizing any of her characters. The daughter of Roger Donaldson ( Species , Dante's Peak ), the writer-director unfolds her story with a naturalism and intimacy that recall Kelly Reichardt ( Meek's Cutoff ). The landscape is a character, and the hike feels as exhausting and exhilarating as a real hike. Artful composition and the three players' body language reflect their shifting feelings about their forced proximity.

Collias conveys the awkward reality of adolescence rather than adults' wistful fantasies about it. Divorce has made Sam old beyond her years, with some of the coping strategies of an adult woman. Yet her hunched shoulders and scowls betray her restlessness and ambivalence about catering to grown men's emotional needs. We see how she relaxes whenever she's alone with her phone, a lifeline to her girlfriend (Sumaya Bouhbal).

An indie heartthrob in his younger years ( Living in Oblivion , Drugstore Cowboy ), Le Gros has matured into a likably rough-around-the-edges presence. Chris is a "man's man," uneasy with Matt's expressiveness and vulnerability, who also genuinely adores his daughter. But his empathy falters when Sam asks him for help in navigating situations he's never experienced himself.

Matt is the movie's linchpin, because it would have been all too easy to portray him simplistically: as an irredeemable jerk or, on the flip side, as a harmless goof whose intentions are pure. A theater actor and frequent "regular guy" on TV, McCarthy avoids both those poles. He crafts a character whose faults are relatable, one whose emotional rawness invites empathy. Matt is earnestly grappling with a sea change in his life, and, like Sam, we may wish we could help him. But we can't miss how his selfishness sabotages his efforts to evolve.

A quiet film about the struggle to communicate, Good One is sure to generate provocative — and productive — conversations across gender and generational lines. "Parents and children are always trying to catch up with each other or slow down to meet each other in the same place," Donaldson told Letterboxd Journal. Meet the film where it is and resist the temptation to label its characters "good ones" (or bad ones), and you'll come away wiser.

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The Loneliest Planet (2011; AMC+, Kanopy, Philo, Roku Channel, YouTube Primetime, rentable): Not many acclaimed indie dramas specifically address how gender dynamics play out over long hikes. But here's another one, set in the Caucasus Mountains and directed by Julia Loktev.

Janet Planet (2023; rentable): If the low-key, naturalistic texture and sylvan setting of Good One appeal to you, try Annie Baker's intimate portrait of a mother-daughter relationship.

The Assistant (2019; Max, rentable): Kitty Green's #MeToo drama, set in the film industry and clearly inspired by the Harvey Weinstein case, explores how subtle incidents of harassment wear down a person's spirit, whether they're the victim or required by their job to be complicit. Like Good One, this is an observational film that rewards close attention.

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Coming back to the novel One Indian Girl, it narrates the story of Radhika Mehta who is an investment banker at the Distressed debt group of Goldman Sachs. Moreover, she is judged by society as has slept around, makes tons of money, and had weed with her fiancee a night before her wedding. Radhika is an introvert, studious, and unfashionable girl.
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The book in its entirety of 272 pages did not appear dull even at a single point. The best part of the book, though, was its climax - it was completely unpredictable and managed to completely surprise me. I hence recommend One Indian Girl to one and all. It is a pleasurable read. My rating for the book is four and a half out of five stars and ...
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Chetan Bhagat's One Indian Girl presents itself as a contemporary novel addressing gender dynamics and women's empowerment. At least, the author claims the same and a few critics, who have found literary nectar in the works of Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh as well, countersign those claims. However, upon reading the novel, unfortunately ...
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February 4, 2023 The Literature Times. "One Indian Girl" by Chetan Bhagat is a novel that narrates the story of Radhika Mehta, a highly successful banker who is on the brink of getting married. The book follows Radhika's journey as she embarks on a trip to Goa to attend her friend's wedding, where she reflects on her past relationships ...
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I am late to the party! I know already. One Indian Girl has been one of the most discussed novels in the 21st-century Indian history of English literature, there should be no doubts about this truth which cannot be impugned by any scholar or critic. However, there have been many issues related to the novel that can be (and should be, rather must be) debated vehemently because Chetan Bhagat is ...
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One Indian Girl's only motif, apart from putting up a spectacle loved by readers, is an inquiry into the mind of an Indian woman -- not a girl, but a woman. It delves into the wonderfully weird ...
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One Indian Girl does asks some poignant questions but Chetan Bhagat doesn't fully crack them. The book is an easy and to some extent fun read but in no way can it be brought anywhere near the sections of woman empowerment or feminism.
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978-8129142146. One Indian Girl is a novel by the Indian author Chetan Bhagat. [1] The book is about a girl named Radhika Mehta, who is a worker at the distressed debt group of Goldman Sachs, an investment bank.
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Book Review: One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat. April 05, 2017. Radhika Mehta is a successful lady. She earns well over a crore in New York with Goldman Sachs. She is into living relationship with one of her colleagues, Debashish, a mean guy yet her boyfriend. Their relationship is so far going good only needs a conversion into marriage.
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Book Name- One Indian Girl Author- Chetan Bhagat Publisher- Rupa Pages- 280 Price- 176. A few chapters into One Indian Girl, I couldn't help but wonder if one should see Chetan Bhagat's new novel as an apology. After all, he did inflict Half Girlfriend, with its undeniable sexism and half-baked female lead, on us.
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Here is the review of this novel for The Last Critic by me, Nishant Sinha. In the Sphere: There are 42 chapters in the book that spreads almost 300 pages and, to be precise, 280 pages in paperback format. The 'action' or the novel takes place in three major places - New York, London and Hong Kong. It begins at a wedding and ends at a no ...
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The title, 'One Indian Girl' is capable to mystify the readers as it is expected from the writer to be more realistic in approach because Indian society is harsher in reality and mostly escape and denial are not that simple where burning brides, female feticides, acid attack victims and honour killing victims are in the news all the time.
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One Indian Girl is a novel by the Indian writer Chetan Bhagat published in 2016. This 272 paged book is classified under Young Adult Fiction and Romance Fiction. This book is Chetan's 9th book and 7th novel. The story, as the title implies, is about an Indian girl, Radhika Mehta, an investment banker who works at Goldman Sachs.
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One Indian girl book review - It is about a young First class banker Radhika Mehta who works for the Goldman Sachs, one of the leading investment banks with an excellent pay. She is a feminist in nature who has an opinion over everything which is not encouraged in the Indian society. She is not fair complexioned unlike her sister but ...
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Writer: Chetan Bhagat. Publisher: Rupa Publications. Year: 2016. ISBN: 9788129142146. Rating: Buy : One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat. We all know this book's going to be a bestseller - no One Indian Girl review, however good or bad, can change that. One Indian Girl is the first time Chetan Bhagat tells a story from a woman's point of view.
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