One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat

‘One Indian Girl by Chetan Bhagat’ is a fictional novel that depicts the story of an Indian girl named Radhika Mehta. The book tells about her ambitions and love life. She also faces the pre-judgmental views of her relatives. She wants something from life and she is doing one thing which will close her all options of freedom. That thing is marriage. The book also attracts some feminists as the book portraits a strong female character as the main lead.

The Summary of the book:

The book starts with Radhika making arrangements for her marriage with Brijesh Gulati. He works in the Facebook company in San Francisco while Radhika works as an investment banker.  She is trying to engage in the wedding preparation when suddenly she gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Debashish (Debu). After breaking up with Debu, Radhika got indulged in an affair with her boss’s boss Neel. Neel is a married man with two children. When she realized that Neel will never leave her wife for her so she broke up with him and moved to London. Then at her Mehendi ceremony, she receives a message from Neel and the next day finds him standing in front of her.

At her wedding, she is standing with her two ex-boyfriends and a husband-to-be. Completely confused Radhika couldn’t make the right decision. The book also describes the societal norms created by the people for girls and boys. if Radhika was a man, one might be cool with the life she has. But since she is a girl, our society does not accept this act. This story of Radhika an Indian girl will entertain the readers and worth reading.

About the author of the book ‘One Indian Girl’ :

Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author, columnist, and screenwriter, who is popularly known for his English-language novels. He is an IITian and later he completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. Some filmmakers adopted his novels like One Night @ the Call Center, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, 2 States, and Half Girlfriend for making movies. Bhagat has also written the scripts for Bollywood films like Kick in 2014. Apart from writing, the author has a keen interest in yoga.