At a time when Chetan Bhagt’s debut ‘Five Point Someone’ making it to the Delhi University syllabus, his latest book ‘One Indian Girl’ has been served a temporary injunction that has led to the staying of the sale of the book on charges of plagiarism.
A Bengaluru-based writer Anvita Bajpai has dragged noted writer and columnist Chetan Bhagat to court on charges of plagiarism. The writer also an IITen has secured a Bengaluru court injunction to stop the sale of ‘One Indian Girl’ written by Chetan Bhagat on charges of plagiarism till the next hearing in June.
Anvita Bajpai, writer, researcher and technology consultant with a startup, alleges Chetan Bhagat’s novel about a girl named Radhika who navigates family, life and boyfriends, bears startling similarities to her short story in her 2014 book ‘life, Odds & Ends’ published by liFi Publications.
She said “He had added details and changed a few things to create an intelligent copy, but the soul remains the same.” A copy of the book was given to him in January 2014 after it was launched at IIT Madras for his opinion and feedback.
However, Chetan Bhagat denied her allegations in his Facebook post, where he called the incident ‘deeply unfortunate’.