Kaavya Stole From Jaal!

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Kaavya Viswanathan is a very literate young lady. She has read extensively, though most of it appears to be of the chicklit variety. Now of course, there are reports each day that her book, How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild And Got A Life, had passages that were lifted from the works of several authors: Megan McCafferty, Salman Rushdie, Tanuja Hidier Desai, Sophie Kinsella, et al. There are also rumors that some passages may have been derived from James Frey’s A Million Little Pieces, Martin Heidegger’s Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus. Ein kritischpositiver Beitrag zur Logik, and copyright graffiti in public restrooms in New Jersey. However, one major source that she may have “internalized” has been ignored and we need to set to record right. That’s right, Kaavya, you did the worst thing possible, you stole from Jaalmag.com . Take for instance, the first paragraph from Chapter 13: With all the stress of juggling school, Jeff, and the HBz, I completely forgot about Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, until the night before the extended Mehta clan was scheduled to descend upon us. I walked through the front door after an exhausting follow-up meeting with the Chemistry Club (with the members still ignoring me, meetings consisted of my asking and answering all my own questions) to find the house filled with people scurrying around. A mustached caterer in green-checked trousers was barking into a cell phone, “No, that’s four hundred vegetable pakoras, not forty,” and polishing every available piece of silverware. That’s unforgivable, when you compare it to this extract from an article in Jaalmag.com : Washington, says US President George W Bush, is a city of “leakers.” While the US Administration is perfectly fine with private leaking, it gets really irate over such public displays. We understand that the White House is undertaking a federally funded programme on the mores of leaking. Among the first measures that is to be initiated, according to highly unreliable sources, was finalized during a secret telecon with India’s Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani. The telecon was so hush hush that not a word was actually spoken while it was in progress, for fear of, what else, leaks. However, it is understood, that in exchange for providing India with a million more offshored jobs, Britney Spears and a nuclear submarine, India will place at the Administration’s disposal the services of Sulabh Shauchalayas. Disgusting, isn’t it? Do you see what we mean? The word “the”: Used six times by Kaavya; Used six times in Jaalmag!! The word “a”: Used once by Kaavya; Used three times in Jaalmag!! And, she doesn’t stop just there. “The” is used flagrantly, as are “a”, “an”, “but”, “yet”, “it”, “that”, “so”, “I”, and “floccipaucinihilipilification”. Of course, without using Jaalmag.com words, her prose would have sucked, even more. Here’s one example with the offending words removed: Before could reply, she managed to pull herself free of Priscilla’s grip, actually threw herself at me. Had witnessed several Woodcliff catfights from safety of Geek table in cafeteria. But had never participated. Had never imagined participating. See? Note to readers: We’re trying to figure out where we lifted this article from. Bear with us. * Send Jaal Your Feedback. Your Name Your Email Address Subject: Message:   RECENTLY ON JAAL: Bushed: The Interview Everyone Wins Or Whines XXX MMS The Seven Deadly Sins Happy DiwOily The Disjointed Statement Nuclear Bummed Out Mush Mush Pakistan Adolfvani Worm In The Apple Modi's Operandi Sania Mania The Exclusive Ash Interview A Time To Care The Jaal Anniversary Giveaway 10 Reasons India Lost To Oz Calling Pakistan A Day In The Life Of Manmohan Singh Airstrip Tease The Jaal Exit Poll Vajpayee, Musharraf Quit! 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