#MeToo Chetan Bhagat apologies to women after Whats app conversation goes viral
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#MeToo Campaign has started in India as After Tanushree Dutta accusing Nana Patekar, putting forward the dark side of the Bollywood, many girls are also coming forward to talk about the sexual harassment. This does not happen only in Bollywood but also in each and every industry where men and women work together said Tanushree Dutta in her controversial press conference, and this is proving to be right.
Recently, a tweet went viral which accused the famous Indian author Chetan Bhagat of sexual harassment. The tweet comprised of screenshots of the author’s conversation with a journalist he ‘knew only in a professional capacity’.
https://twitter.com/weeny/status/1048521531104657408
In the conversation, Bhagat was trying to ‘woo’ the journalist.
Author, on Saturday, took to Facebook to apologise to a girl named Anusha after screenshots of their private WhatsApp started doing the rounds of social media. A Twitter user somehow got a hold of Bhagat’s conversation on the messaging app and posted it on the social media platform.
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In a long Facebook post, Bhagat admitted that the screenshots of their conversation, which he had with the girl several years ago, were real. He has apologized to Anusha if she had felt wrong when he was trying to flirt with her despite being a married person.
| This is what he wrote in his Facebook post. Dear All, I would like to make a couple of points about the screenshots that someone has shared just a couple of hours ago. It has taken me this much time because I saw them a bit late, and then I was in a conversation with Anusha. I am telling you all whatever I told her, which to my recollection is the truth. But first of all, I am really sorry to person concerned. The screenshots, are of course real, and I am sorry if you felt they were wrong I hope you will accept my apology. Just in terms of more information, these screenshots are several years old, and I had met the person in question a couple of times. We hit it off really well as a friendship, and as I say in the screenshots, I did feel a strong connection with her. I did find her a good human being, sweet, cute and funny (as I also say in the screenshots). As I also say in the screenshots, I realized I was married and this was not about looking for any action. I just had not felt that kind of connection in a while. Maybe I was going through a phase, maybe these things just happen, or maybe I felt the person felt the same too based on our conversations (which I don’t need to repeat here). However, it was stupid of me, to feel that way and to even share that with her. I just told Anusha about it as well, and apologized to her for doing the same. I should have had better judgement, but I guess I erred a bit there. Maybe I misread the friendliness. Also, I am not completely sure because it was long ago, but the ‘wooing’ bit may have come from a conversation we had about how nobody woos anyone anymore and how sometimes one misses being wooed. My new book then was also about women (One Indian Girl) and we also discussed wooing and relationships in that context. Also, I also want to clarify that there never was was nothing physical, no lewd pictures or words that were ever exchanged. I think I deleted the person’s number soon thereafter and we haven’t been in touch for years. We do feel certain things sometimes, and I did too. I found this person special, and different from all others I had met. I shouldn’t have, and maybe I shouldn’t have shared it with that person in a private conversation either. Once again, I am sorry to the person concerned, and of course most of all to Anusha. I hope you can forgive me. For everyone’s information, am running this response past Anusha first, to ensure she is okay with it. Regards, |
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