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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I read this book and i can say i found it super interesting. it has been emotionally draining but an interesting one! Every relationship that Radhika experienced was awesome though the ending was not what i wished. I dont know why but i wished she could end-up with Neel. I would never be in place to forgive Debu but i could forgive Neel. Left me in suspense though, did she ever find love?
I really love this novel…Radhika experience lots of things…I think she was ryt ….but in the end I want she should end with Neel I really like Neel alot he was a perfect partner…I hate Debu…but Neel was a gentleman…but now she is married or not???
Let me first read and think on it
Ohk the book was great , I get it was focused on feminism and all but see , one word changed the whole damn thing for me. the basic definition of feminism is ” the belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes. ” Of the sexes . It does not read women. Although it primarily is concerned about women’s rights , it does not ONLY fight for women’s rights .It’s equality of all. when brijesh said he was a humanist , that part was right .I agree but one word changed it all for me. He should have done a pint more research on the actual definition of the word.
Definitely. I would recommend this book to anyone to read. I enjoyed every sentence of every page of this book and I’m looking forward to a follow up story.
Happy to know that you enjoyed reading it. There are new books by the author that you might want to check out.
Well I see so many people liking the character of Neel…i didn’t tbh….Yes he gave Radhika the respect and love she deserved but what about his wife? Even though he didn’t feel that connected with her anymore he cheated on his wife… That’s never acceptable for me…Him cheating on his wife kinda means disrespecting after all ! He could have a talk with her wife about this …idk why This character made me again not to believe in men no matter how much they say they love u …I hate Neel .He somehow cheated on his wife and kids!!!!
And about radhika..If Neel would take the decision way before she would agree to settle down with Neel ig …But her knowing Neel has a family but still going intimate with him made me feel wrong too …However she understood something was wrong and what she did later in the whole story made me relieved too …
Anyways Birijesh is the guy radhika deserved among all of them ig !!!
A pretty good read! Finished it in 2 and 1/2 days btw!