The story begin with
some commotion at Goa
Marriott's lobby over some shortage of rooms for a wedding, I mean
Radhika’s wedding. Radhika who? She is the protagonist of Chetan Bhagat’s recent
novel “One Indian Girl”, written from a woman’s perspective, Chetan’s latest story
is about a successful woman in her mid 20’s, in fact very successful than most
men around her. And, that’s where the problem lies i.e. how a woman can be more
successful than her husband-to-be? Am I right or Am I right?
Written as a female
person with a mini-me voice character on her head, Radhika Mehta is strong, educated, Intelligent and
successful who works at Goldman Sach, also
she has an opinion of her own which makes her who she is.
Chaos takes place when
one… or maybe two of her Ex-boyfriend lands in Goa, 'the wedding destination', in
order to win their love back and sweep her away. However, she is in a fix between
getting married to a man she met on a matrimonial site or running away from the
scene with either of the ex boyfriend. With all this mess and confusion how can
she sleep the night before her big day? #WeddingDay
“Some people are good at taking decisions. I
am not one of them. Some people fall asleep quickly at night. I am not one of
them either. It is 3 in the morning. I have tossed and turned in bed for two
hours. I am to get married in fifteen hours. We have two hundred guests in the
hotel, here to attend my grand destination wedding in Goa. I brought them here.
Everyone is excited. It is the first destination wedding in the Mehta family. I
am the bride. I should get my beauty sleep. I can’t. The last thing I care
about right now is beauty. The only thing I care about is how to get out of
this mess. Because, like what often happens to me, here I am in a situation
where I don’t know what the fuck is going on.”
The author does make a point of Indian woman
struggling to break free from stereotypical social norms.
‘One Indian Girl’ gives a strong social message to all average Indian women, who are either forced to get married and settle or choose a career life and be the talk of the society on ‘Why she is not married yet’? The choice of either to fly high or build a nest makes a difficult option in life and woman are constantly judged no matter where they are in their career.
‘One Indian Girl’ gives a strong social message to all average Indian women, who are either forced to get married and settle or choose a career life and be the talk of the society on ‘Why she is not married yet’? The choice of either to fly high or build a nest makes a difficult option in life and woman are constantly judged no matter where they are in their career.
This book is a message
sent to Indian men, woman and parents, also being a career-minded woman I could
connect with what Radhika choose for herself. It’s not just about been independent or feminism
but woman should be given the freedom to do whatever they want in life. Because, if man are not restricted from
choosing what they want, why should woman be?
If you think you can relate to such situations in life, or if you believe woman should be given the same freedom as man... to do whatever they wish in life, then I bet you should grab a copy and read the story of ‘One Indian
Girl’ Radhika.
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Book- One Indian Girl
Author- Chetan Bhagat
Publisher- Rupa Publications
Price- Rs 176
Pages- 272
My rating- 4.7/5
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