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perfect climax doesn't exi-

    I recently read Chetan Bhagat's 7th book – One Indian Girl . Oh boy, it was fantastic. Well, when the number is 7, a blockbuster is bound to happen, right? (Thala for a reason, for those who didn’t get it). I liked how the story started — a typical opening scene straight out of a film: a grand destination wedding prep. A wedding is about to happen in the next 15 hours, and before the chaos of the marriage unfolds, the story delves into the past of a girl — Radhika Mehta. Radhika is an IIM-A grad who lands her dream job at the Goldman Sachs office in New York City, and she embraces Western culture as easily as ABC. Radhika is a girl who makes a lot of money, a girl who has an opinion on everything, and a girl who has had boyfriend(s). As said before, the story started with an intriguing question for the readers: “Now if I was a guy, you would be okay with all of this. But since I am a girl, these three things don’t really make me too likeable, do they?” That wasn’t just a ...