Author Chetan Bhagat who was accused of sexual harassment by a female journalist and an author opened up recently about dealing with the allegations.
Author Chetan Bhagat who was accused of sexual harassment by a female journalist and an author opened up recently about dealing with the allegations.
He was quoted saying that he asked his wife Anusha to leave him after the allegations, but his wife reiterated that they were like Lord Shiva and Parvati, that they were Adrhanaareshwar - an androgynous amalgamation of Shiva and Shakti.
The author said that he felt like an ‘idiot talking to other women’ after that.
He also claimed that he had talked to one of the accuser’s earlier and apologised for his behaviour and denied allegations by another woman.
Earlier, Ira Trivedi had filed a legal notice against Chetan Bhagat In the notice, Trivedi has alleged that the 'Half Girlfriend' author outraged her modesty and conducted himself in the most inappropriate and unlawful manner in 2010 by trying to kiss her without consent. It further states that Trivedi was shocked to know about the tweets by Bhagat on 15 October and termed them ‘defamatory’.
Earlier, Chetan Bhagat denied the allegations in a series of tweets and termed them ‘fake’.
To defend himself, the 44-year-old shared a screenshot of a 'self-explanatory' mail which apparently Trivedi sent to him in 2013. "So who wanted to kiss whom’", wrote Bhagat, adding, "@iratrivedi's self-explanatory email from 2013 to me, especially last line, easily shows her claims from 2010 are false, and she knows this too. This mental harassment of me and my family has to stop. Please don't harm a movement with #fakecharges #harassed".
Bhagat further urged people to not "support this kind of smear campaign" and to not "believe such nonsense".
Apart from a public apology, Trivedi has also demanded removal of the ‘defamatory statements’ made on social media. She has asked Bhagat to ‘explain the true and correct position’ to media portals that carried his statement, within 10 days of receipt of the notice.
In the notice, Trivedi has threatened legal action against Bhagat if he fails to issue an explanation within the specified time frame.
In the ongoing #MeToo movement, writer Ira Trivedi, on October 13, had detailed her experience of alleged sexual harassment by Chetan Bhagat and Suhel Seth.
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