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The latest from the famous author Chetan Bhagat, the one I liked the most out of his too-filmy pieces is definitely the “One Indian Girl”. Radhika
Mehta, one of the VPs of the Goldman Sachs earns more than enough to digest. Being from a traditional Punjabi family, her parents want her to get
married but the bohemian culture of the west, her live-in X relationships, past affairs and high dreams of a modern girl did not allow
her to accept things the way her parents wanted.
In my eyes, she portrays a rebel. Many a time, Radhika compares her wheatish skin tone to her sister’s whiter complexion and throws hilarious comments. To her mother, she was a defective piece who doesn’t want to get married rather too educated to get married. However, the huge money-mountain, grown at her back only made her stay upright. She was geeky, infamous for her studious nature still her X and Y found her attractive. Ultimately her life gets tangled with twists and turns and “Men” and at present, she is trapped in the wildest corner of her mind.
Okay, so you know, she is a rigid woman, a woman with a lot of money, a job in the US and is filled with self-respect. But well, I found her character to be too woman-ish at times, which shows she did care about feelings. There is a logical fight, a fight between the concept of working men and working women. At times, the story loses its flow when more men come and complicate the relationship agenda. Further, author’s approach towards the intimate scenes was obnoxious, I did get a flavor of erotica. Still, I mostly liked the story.
At the end, I wished her to really get settled after the huge commotion at the wedding scene. In fact, I thought the author would already be getting worked up with so many psychological fragments. But he chose a unique ending, a riskier option but the best suited to deal with Radhika’s heart. Sincerely, I loved the ending, it was the only thing that was realistic yet it had the effect. I won’t go into the details anymore as I have already told a lot but would like to say that, in fact, we all do have an inner voice which helps when you get into trouble. The sad part is that, we choose to ignore it which Radhika didn’t. I am sure, Mr. Chetan Bhagat has already done a decent business with this and yup, just like his other pieces this would soon be converted into a film.