One Indian Girl by Chetan BhagatMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
Picking up a Chetan Bhagat book is like ordering cheap Chinese when you have had too many gourmet meals. It is cheap, quick and it is easy. The book is no different from its predecessors. It is junk. Neither the content, nor the writing leaves you satisfied. But do I have the right to complain? Not really. He never claimed it to be different
from any of his previous books. Plus the book reviews, as usual, were tight slaps across the former banker's face. So, I am solely responsible for the 4 hours spent on this book that left me with nothing. And no doubt it is going to follow suit and be made into a masala Bollywood movie soon. And I am sure a successful one. How could it be not? exotic Punjabi wedding, enough and more drama in 3 iconic cities, and lots of sex! What else would you require?
About the book! Nothing notable except for the extremely hypocritical and unlikeable protagonist, Radhika Mehta. But then again just because the book is about her does not really mean she has to be perfect. The feminist tag attached to the book has attracted a lot of smirks and rightly so when he hasn't even actually taken the effort to understand what the movement really is about before he tried and defined itbon his own terms. Not cool, Mr. Bhagat.
Would I recommend this book to others? Hell, no. Would I read another book of Chetan Bhagat's? why not? It's not like I would've joined the Red Cross and fed the poor in the few hours that it would cost me.
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