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...page 31 of Rushdie’s novel, another warning reads: “All the dangerous overtakers / end up safe as undertaker?...
...page 119 of Viswanathan’s novel, another poster reads: “All the dangerous drug abusers end up safe as total losers...
...similarities to the Rushdie novel were mentioned in the New York Times today. The “Princess Diaries” similarity was found on the online journal DesiJournal, which describes itself as “ an online weekly magazine that would reflect the lives of Indians, primarily living in the United States...
...dare denounce Opal Mehta? I refer, of course, to “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life,” the recently published chick-lit novel by sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan ’08 that first became famous for its singular inception, and then infamous for its not-so-singular authorship. The book’s merits and demerits aside, it is, in many respects, a product of Harvard and a reflection of our community...
...implicated in its creation. We collectively form a system which prizes ambition and performance and calls these things superiority. When the publication of “Opal Mehta” first became known, the $500,000 advance dominated conversation and stimulated admiration and jealousy. The fact that the novel is unabashed chick lit inspired, at most, smiling pseudo-mockery. Harvard turned an indulging blind eye on bad literature and saw only an example of precocious success. Now, we are not so much horrified by the accusations of mortal literary sin as we are conscious of the public scandal and potential...