May 3, 2006

This blog is plagiarised!

Yes, thanks to the wake up call by kaavya vishwanathan and her book packager and her publishers and who ever is related to the controversy.

I double checked every word published in this blog and unluckily for me, all of these are found in The Oxford English Dictionary !!

I hereby declare it was completely unintentional and the dictionary has been a part of my childhood and I would've internalised it in my writing without my knowledge.

Any loss occurred to the concerned parties is met with a deep regret from my side.

Thanks one and all for your co-operation.

3 comments:

Vinod said...

lol...
I guess the Kaayva episode made you write this blog entry...
I hav'nt read her book (and any of Megan McCafferty's),but I think there is a very thin line b/w plagiarism and "getting inspired" and what really happened in this case is a matter of one's opinion..

Nithya said...

Lots of words in this blog do not find a place in the Dictionary (English,of course).

Kaavya Viswanathan - for eg. Its two words and its not in the dictionary.

Allegation dis-proved!

Anonymous said...

I finished reading Kaavya's book. I thought it was simply beautiful. It made me laugh and cry and I felt I grew up a little. I completely feel happy for Opal and Sean and I love Opal's parents. :)

Wikipedia has a surprising account of "plagiarised" passages. An active mind like Kaavya's can internalise words and recall them. I believe her that way. But as someone suggested, the packagers of her work might have had a hand.