Comments on: How Kaavya Viswanathan got rich, got caught, and got ruined http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Devi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-163444 Devi Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:50:22 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-163444 <p>I am a pre teen and I just finished readeing the alleged book in question. I really enjoyed the book and decided to research Kaavya Viswanathan and any other projects the former may have concluded when I learned about this. I must admit I did rather enjoy this book and I am shocked to find out that some of the finer points of the book are actually not Viswanathan's own thoughts but excerpts from obviously more talented authors. I feel it is just a shame because the novel did send a veryimportant message to the youth of America today. It sucks because of this situation not many libraries will stock the book and the message won't be spread. It is also a shame because I really would have loved to see the movie but because of this Dream Works have stopped all efforts to make it. It is justa shame a book that was both enjoyable and yet subversive and a good read was plagarized.</p> I am a pre teen and I just finished readeing the alleged book in question. I really enjoyed the book and decided to research Kaavya Viswanathan and any other projects the former may have concluded when I learned about this. I must admit I did rather enjoy this book and I am shocked to find out that some of the finer points of the book are actually not Viswanathan’s own thoughts but excerpts from obviously more talented authors. I feel it is just a shame because the novel did send a veryimportant message to the youth of America today. It sucks because of this situation not many libraries will stock the book and the message won’t be spread. It is also a shame because I really would have loved to see the movie but because of this Dream Works have stopped all efforts to make it. It is justa shame a book that was both enjoyable and yet subversive and a good read was plagarized.

]]> By: KidA http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-149174 KidA Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:19:16 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-149174 <p>Hysterical!</p> Hysterical!

]]> By: MKL http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-145281 MKL Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:27:45 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-145281 <p>I agree that Viswanathan may have put a bad impression on said generation, but honestly, "My hopes for the next generation are now completely dashed"? Oh, so suddenly all the weight of the world is put upon this girl who wrote a whole frikkin' book (with an interesting plot) just because she's intelligent enough to make it into Harvard? Gee, thanks for demeaning the rest of us.</p> <p>This guy has taken this way too far, and "SATAN AWAY ANKH VIVA" is an awful and idiotic anagram. Does he honestly think some people are going to agree that parents are seriously going to name their kid Satan Away?</p> <p>I don't care if half of it was plagiarized - <i>I</i> liked the book.</p> I agree that Viswanathan may have put a bad impression on said generation, but honestly, “My hopes for the next generation are now completely dashed”? Oh, so suddenly all the weight of the world is put upon this girl who wrote a whole frikkin’ book (with an interesting plot) just because she’s intelligent enough to make it into Harvard? Gee, thanks for demeaning the rest of us.

This guy has taken this way too far, and “SATAN AWAY ANKH VIVA” is an awful and idiotic anagram. Does he honestly think some people are going to agree that parents are seriously going to name their kid Satan Away?

I don’t care if half of it was plagiarized – I liked the book.

]]> By: Sunidhi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-119044 Sunidhi Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:41:55 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-119044 <p>Kaavya Viswanathan is a cheat, a liar and a fraud. Pity that all it took was money to make her "literary" instints go. Such a crying shame for Harvard to ever have had a student like that. Kaavya-types won't do justice to anything they do in life because all they see is money in everything and can't be sincere even to themselves, forget their so-called art. Once a fraud, always a fraud - future employers beware!!</p> Kaavya Viswanathan is a cheat, a liar and a fraud. Pity that all it took was money to make her “literary” instints go. Such a crying shame for Harvard to ever have had a student like that. Kaavya-types won’t do justice to anything they do in life because all they see is money in everything and can’t be sincere even to themselves, forget their so-called art. Once a fraud, always a fraud – future employers beware!!

]]> By: prakash modi http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-87446 prakash modi Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:57:57 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-87446 <p>hi, i think whatever happned is unknowingly.no doubt there was same santences but it dosent mean that whole book has sold due to that 2 or three santance.many time it happned people does mistake,kaavya is the same.i thaink publisher shuld release it again with correction .thats all</p> hi, i think whatever happned is unknowingly.no doubt there was same santences but it dosent mean that whole book has sold due to that 2 or three santance.many time it happned people does mistake,kaavya is the same.i thaink publisher shuld release it again with correction .thats all

]]> By: nicole http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-86435 nicole Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:21:26 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-86435 <p>give this chick a break its not liek she stole a fuckin car okk shitt for all the books in the wrold theres gunna be a day were things might soundd the same soo calm down an let it go!!!!!!!!!!</p> give this chick a break its not liek she stole a fuckin car okk shitt for all the books in the wrold theres gunna be a day were things might soundd the same soo calm down an let it go!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: PowerKnowledge http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-76759 PowerKnowledge Wed, 02 Aug 2006 19:18:04 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-76759 <p>He cute pictures are all over the net just use google images and enjoy ..</p> <p>http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-51,GGLG:en&q=kaavya%20viswanathan&sa=N&tab=wi</p> He cute pictures are all over the net just use google images and enjoy ..

http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-51,GGLG:en&q=kaavya%20viswanathan&sa=N&tab=wi

]]> By: eyesearcher http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-74960 eyesearcher Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:05:58 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-74960 <p>Does anyone know where I can find a picture of Ms. Viswanathan? Plagiarism or not, the book is cute and I'm curious if she is too. raratan@gmail.com</p> Does anyone know where I can find a picture of Ms. Viswanathan? Plagiarism or not, the book is cute and I’m curious if she is too. raratan@gmail.com

]]> By: accidental lurker http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-73345 accidental lurker Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:20:11 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-73345 <p>I know it's a bit late, but I got a weird idea while reading this. Maybe Megan F. McCafferty and Kaavya Viswanathan are using the same packager?</p> I know it’s a bit late, but I got a weird idea while reading this. Maybe Megan F. McCafferty and Kaavya Viswanathan are using the same packager?

]]> By: sonia http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2006/04/24/how_kaavya_visw_1/comment-page-9/#comment-69933 sonia Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:50:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=3294#comment-69933 <p>Oh my Gawd - puh-leese! And that's supposed to be 'plagiarism' goodness. sounds like random ly similar speech i mean come on. such common parlance. and oh like the no. was the same - so big bl**dy deal. as someone up there said - it wasn't as if the 'original' was so damn original.</p> <p>people are such a bunch of bitches.</p> Oh my Gawd – puh-leese! And that’s supposed to be ‘plagiarism’ goodness. sounds like random ly similar speech i mean come on. such common parlance. and oh like the no. was the same – so big bl**dy deal. as someone up there said – it wasn’t as if the ‘original’ was so damn original.

people are such a bunch of bitches.

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