‘One Indian Girl’: Chetan Bhagat’s new novel

New Delhi, Aug 19 (PTI) Banker-turned-writer Chetan Bhagatwho shot to fame with his debut novel, ‘Five Point Someone’today announced the title of his upcoming fiction, ‘One IndianGirl’. Bhagat took to twitter to make the announcement which wasaccompanied with a link to a video teaser. "Happy to sharethat my next book is called ‘One Indian Girl’! The teaser ishere!," he tweeted. Contrary to all his previous books, this has been writtenfrom the viewpoint of a woman. The teaser, which can be viewed on YouTube, describes thebook narrated by an Indian girl, Radhika, who is gettingmarried in a fortnight. "Hi, I’m Radhika Mehta and I’m getting married this week.I work in a top investment bank. Thank you for reading mycrazy story. However, let me warn you. You may not like me toomuch. One, I make a lot of money. Two, I have an opinion oneverything. Three, I have had sex before. Now, if I were aguy, you’d be cool with all this. Since I am a girl, thesethings don’t really make me too likeable, do they?" says theteaser. The book, which can now be pre-ordered on Amazon, is setto hit stands on October 1. Bhagat has previously authored seven books (5 fiction and2 non-fiction) and his last book, ‘Half-Girlfriend’ is beingadapted into a film of the same name starring Bollywood actorsArjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor. The 42-year-old author has been actively tweetingdevelopments about the Mohit-Suri directed underproductionfilm scheduled to release next year. Bhagat’s novels ‘Five Point Someone’, ‘One Night @ theCall Center’, ‘The 3 Mistakes of My Life’ and ‘2 States: TheStory of My Marriage’ have all been previously adapted forBollywood. PTI TRS ANSANS