As
the
#MeToo
movement
has
created
a
lot
of
buzz
in
India,
many
celebrities
involved
in
the
issue
are
being
revealed.
Recently,
author
Chetan
Bhagat
was
also
dragged
into
it
when
an
alleged
victim
shared
a
few
screenshots
of
their
years
old
conservation
in
which
he
was
shown
to
be
flirtatious.
Though,
Chetan
apologized
for
having
been
involved
with
the
unnamed
girl
and
exchanging
texts
that
came
across
inappropriate,
he
took
to
his
Facebook
handle
today
to
post
a
lengthy
post,
where
he
is
seen
to
be
defending
himself.
In
the
post
that
he
shared,
he
talks
about
being
blamed
by
media
only
for
their
benefit
as
he's
famous
and
also
has
shared
samples
of
the
erotic
writer
to
prove
that
he's
not
a
harasser.
This
is
what
he
had
to
say
about
the
#FakeMeToo.
Dear
fans
and
readers,
"Hi.
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
am
suffering
because
my
name
is
being
dragged
into
needless
controversies,
and
my
family
and
I
are
being
harassed.
In
the
garb
of
the
#MeToo
movement,
which
definitely
has
genuine
cases,
I
am
being
attacked
and
vilified.
Let
me
tell
you
upfront
-
I
am
not
a
harasser.
Never
was,
never
will
be.
A
few
days
ago,
a
girl
who
had
become
friendly
with
me
leaked
some
screenshots
of
what
now
almost
everyone
agrees
was
a
flirtatious,
but
friendly
and
polite
conversation.
There
was
a
background
to
it
of
course,
which
was
omitted.
Anyway,
since
I
am
married,
it
was
seen
as
an
attempted
infidelity,
and
hence
the
right
thing
to
do
was
to
apologise,
which
I
did
instantly.
To
the
person
in
question
and
to
my
wife.
Beyond
that,
this
was
a
personal
matter.
Legally
too,
there
was
nothing
more
to
it,
as
anyone
who
has
seen
those
chats
would
agree.
Despite
this,
my
name
was
added
to
a
growing
list
of
people
accused
of
the
most
heinous
crimes,
and
flashed
all
over
as
a
part
of
rape,
sexual
assault
and
all
kinds
of
major
criminal
activity
stories.
A
'responsible'
newspaper
put
my
name
on
its
front
page
as
lead
story
-
because
you
know,
you
need
a
famous
guy
to
make
a
headline.
All
this
because
I
had
a
flirtatious
conversation
with
a
girl
who
was
conversing
back
with
me.
I
must
say
many
people
did
understand
the
difference
in
the
cases
and
conveyed
it
to
me.
However,
it
was
not
easy
for
my
family
-
bearing
up
stoically
and
supporting
me
unconditionally
-to
answer
inane
queries
from
all
and
sundry.
Please
bear
in
mind
that
baseless
allegations
like
these
affect
my
wife,
my
70-year-old
mother,
my
elderly
in-laws
and
my
teenage
twin
sons.
Each
of
them
suffer
in
their
own
way.
The
amount
of
suffering
a
false
charge
like
this
creates
is
immense.
This
is
why
we
have
courts,
a
legal
system
and
corroboration
of
charges.
Have
we
stopped
believing
in
these?
Anyway,
even
when
all
this
happened,
I
kept
quiet.
The
movement,
I
understand,
is
leading
to
some
positive
change.
Fine,
suffer
a
bit
if
it
is
helping
overall.
I
stopped
promoting
my
new
book,
which
I
have
worked
on
every
day,
for
years.
For
the
first
time
ever,
I
didn't
even
thank
my
readers
on
the
launch
day,
even
though
I
am
flooded
with
literally
hundreds
of
messages
daily
across
my
social
media
congratulating
me.
As
if
I
am
some
convict,
I
am
supposed
to
shut
the
hell
up
lest
the
mob
unleash
its
fury.
I
could
still
live
with
all
this.
However,
then
things
began
to
take
an
even
weirder
turn.
It
was
now
time
for
everyone
who
had
a
grudge
against
me
(and,
you
know,
plenty
do
on
Twitter)
to
have
a
go
at
me.
Kick
a
man
when
he
is
low,
classy
right?
So,
here's
an
example
of
what
also
took
place.
And
no,
I
am
not
kidding.
This
really
happened.
And
since
I
am
going
through
this
situation
right
now,
you
need
to
read
this
to
understand
what's
happening.
The
"Erotica" Writer
--------------------
A
couple
of
years
ago,
a
person
who
described
herself
as
an
"erotica"
writer
met
me
as
part
of
some
shoot.
She
sent
me
a
story
first
(and
I
have
it
in
my
email,
anybody
curious
can
get
it
checked.)
Here's
a
sample
of
what
was
in
that
story.
Again,
this
is
not
me
writing.
These
are
her
lines
she
sent
to
me
first.
(Dear
Facebook,
don't
remove
this
-
I
am
making
a
point
here).
Sample
one:
'You
need
to
be
shown
your
place,'
he
says,
as
he
unzips
and
presses
his
erection
against
the
back
of
her
ass.
She
pushes
herself
away
from
the
drawers,
readying
herself
to
be
taken
as
Dev
makes
his
way
to
her
moist
vagina
with
his
hard
cock.
Or
let's
take
sample
two:
He
reaches
for
her
breasts,
squeezing
them
hard
as
he
thrusts
himself
inside
of
her.
Roshni
yelps
as
she
feels
his
penis
snake
inside
her
body,
every
thrust
giving
her
life.
Sample
three:
She
opens
her
eyes
in
disbelief
and
turns
around
to
see
Dev
holding
his
flaccid
penis,
with
semen
running
down
his
bronze,
well-toned
legs.
I
will
let
you
be
the
judge
of
the
content
on
whether
it
is
"erotica"
or
something
else.
This
is
the
first
written
communication
the
lady
ever
had
with
me.
She
also
wanted
me
to
consider
co-writing
a
story
(and
literally
hundreds
of
writers
have
come
up
to
me
with
that
idea.)
And
I
wasn't
interested.
However,
I
had
never
met
a
person
like
her
before:
a
female
writer
of
sex/
porn/
erotica
(as
an
aside,
from
what
I
understand,
if
it
is
meant
to
turn
you
on
and
is
extremely
explicit,
it
is
porn,
not
erotica)
was
someone
I
had
never
met.
And
since
I
am
a
writer
and
I
research
people
and
human
nature,
I
wanted
to
ask
her
some
questions.
Also,
at
that
time,
50
Shades
of
Grey
was
a
rage,
so
I
wanted
to
know
what
drives
people
to
write
and
read
all
this.
These
were
questions
I
could
have
asked
a
writer
like
her
anywhere
-
like
for
instance
at
a
panel
at
a
literature
fest.
Anyway,
so
we
had
a
chat,
an
amiable
chat.
I
was
not
interested
in
her
in
any
other
way
other
than
as
a
research
subject.
She
was
happy
to
answer
the
questions.
And
that
was
that.
Cut
to
many
years
later
-
guess
what?
Chetan's
name
is
being
dragged
through
mud,
let
me
join
the
party
-
and
she
puts
out
those
screenshots.
Her
buddies
high-five
her,
without
knowing
any
context,
and
she
becomes
a
victim
too!
This
really
has
happened.
I
am
not
going
to
give
her
publicity
but
you
can
find
the
screenshots.
She
is
obviously
being
trolled
a
lot
for
them,
as
people
have
now
finally
realized
what
is
real
#MeToo
and
what
is
#FakeMeToo.
Unfortunately
in
India
no
matter
what
or
how
noble
the
cause,
it
always
ends
up
being
corrupted.
I
meet
a
lot
of
people.
However,
I
never
have
or
ever
will
harass
anyone.
The
writer
you
love
and
read
may
not
be
a
perfect
person
(never
said
I
was),
but
I
am
not
a
harasser.
I
need
you
to
know
that
and
believe
that.
I
also
want
to
tell
you
this:
given
the
nature
of
my
job
and
how
busy
I
am,
I
can't
help
everyone
who
comes
to
me.
Hence,
I
piss
off
a
lot
of
people
too.
I
often
have
to
decline
requests
like:
co-writing
a
story,
writing
the
foreword
for
a
book,
attending
book
launches,
tweeting
about
someone's
book,
coming
on
a
TV
show,
giving
someone
an
interview,
introducing
someone
to
someone
else,
helping
them
get
political
or
Bollywood
access,
mentoring
them
to
be
a
writer,
reading/,
editing/
writing
their
manuscript,
coming
for
their
office
event,
coming
to
their
party,
promoting
their
event,
write
a
column
to
match
their
political
view,
becoming
their
friend
or
mentor
-
the
list
goes
on
and
on.
My
office
staff
will
tell
you,
every
day
we
are
flooded
with
such
requests.
I
can't
do
them
all,
and
while
most
understand
and
take
it
well,
some
don't.
And
since
I
have
been
working
as
a
writer
for
over
a
decade,
that
some
may
literally
become
hundreds
of
people.
Yes,
I
might
have
pissed
off
a
lot
of
people.
Some
of
those
people
are
women.
However,
pissing
someone
off
is
not
harassing
them.
And
trying
to
bring
me
down
in
public
by
hiding
behind
a
genuine
movement,
and
the
fact
that
one
doesn't
question
a
woman
doesn't
make
you
right.
The
screenshots
she
has
posted
are
of
a
private
conversation
she
took
part
in.
She
has
done
so
to
malign
and
harass
me
and
put
me
in
a
category.
As
any
lawyer
will
tell
you,
that
is
a
crime.
Talking
to
someone
isn't.
I
would
hence,
like
to
officially
put
a
stop
to
this
nonsense
targeting
me.
I
am
no
harasser,
and
I
need
to
work
on
issues
in
my
personal
life
that
are
not
anybody's
business.
From
now
on,
Ms.
Erotica-Writer
or
anybody
else,
I
would
not
be
responding
to
any
such
posts.
The
courts
of
the
country
are
available
to
you;
please
go
there
if
you
have
a
case
(PS:
you
don't).
I
am
also
going
to
stop
feeling
ashamed,
and
am
going
to
start
talking
about
my
new
book,
which
is
a
labor
of
love
and
is
getting
rave
reviews
from
readers
all
over
the
country.
Please
don't
try
to
ride
on
my
fame,
spoil
my
moment
and
definitely,
definitely
do
not
hurt
or
harass
my
family.
The
#MeToo
movement
has
its
good
parts
and
has
some
good
people
with
genuine
grievances.
I
am
with
them.
However,
the
movement
is
already
getting
corrupted
and
genuine
survivors
will
suffer
if
people
don't
take
it
seriously.
In
the
US,
each
revelation
follows
months
of
investigation
and
research.
It
isn't
just
a
DM
posted.
Or
a
years'
old
screenshot
(which
can
easily
be
doctored
as
WhatsApp
allows
you
to
delete
your
own
chats,
making
it
seem
the
other
side
was
doing
all
the
talking).
The
reason
for
this
is
not
just
a
higher
standard
of
journalism
over
there,
but
also
strong
defamation
laws
that
can
bring
a
publisher
of
wrong
or
malafide
information
down.
That's
missing
in
India,
so
the
chances
of
the
movement
being
abused
are
higher
in
India.
I
am
going
to
move
on
from
this
and
ignore
the
noise.
I
genuinely
want
to
thank
those
who
stood
by
me
and
said
what
I
did
is
not
a
#MeToo
incident.
Thank
you.
Takes
a
lot
to
stand
up
for
a
man
who
is
being
slandered,
and
many
journalists
(female
ones
as
well),
readers
and
fans
still
did.
From
me
and
Anusha
both
-
Thank
you!"
-
(sic)
Chahatt
Khanna:
'Farhan
Is
Lying
To
Put
Me
Down';
Refused
To
Talk
To
Him
After
They
Made
Love!