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Standing before Mukesh Mehta??s household adornments (in Montana, mind you, on the cusp of 2006), I gesture to the telltale gold-fringed palanquin and the turbaned figure of the emperor. I note how he is enveloped by a halo. A Mughal durbar, I tell Mukesh. Maybe Jahangir. Perhaps Akbar. But certainly not Aurangzeb—he didn’t go for this artsy-fartsy stuff...
...unprecedented for such a young author. Several major media outlets—including USA Today, The New York Times, and the Associated Press—published articles lauding Viswanathan and her novel.The praise was cut short after The Crimson reported on Sunday, April 23 that “Opal Mehta?? contained a number of passages strikingly similar to those in a 2001 novel, “Sloppy Firsts” by Megan F. McCafferty. Similarities were then found between Viswanathan’s book and McCafferty’s sequel, “Second Helpings...
...case prove more complex than those previously mentioned, because many perceive plagiarism to be more of an issue of personal character rather than isolated actions. However, this seems to be a matter of scope rather than her Harvard affiliation. The writing and publication of “Opal Mehta?? lie entirely beyond the purview of her academic work and therefore beyond the purview of the Ad Board. That she drafted the manuscript in a Lamont carrel is wholly irrelevant...
...publisher Michael Pietsch ’78. Viswanathan admitted last week that she borrowed language from two of Megan F. McCafferty’s novels but that any similarities were “unintentional and unconscious.” The Crimson reported yesterday that “Opal Mehta?? also contained similarities to Meg Cabot’s 2000 novel “The Princess Diaries.” The New York Times noted further parallels between Viswanathan’s book and two works by Salman Rushdie and Sophie Kinsella. Viswanathan said in a statement last week...
...Crimson learned of the similarities between “Opal Mehta?? and both “Haroun” and “The Princess Diaries” through e-mail tips. The “Princess Diaries” similarity was found on the online weblog DesiJournal. Viswanathan has defended her writing in the past by stating that she “internalized” McCafferty’s books, and that she has a photographic memory...