On a scale of 1-to-10 of sexism, where 1 is Farhan Akhtar and 10 is Mulayam Singh Yadav/Donald Trump, Chetan Bhagat puts himself at 2 or 3. In the second part of the interview, Bhagat discusses his book 'One Indian Girl' and says the idea of feminism is varied with gradation. Watch Abhinandan Sekhri question Bhagat on Bollywood dumbing down novels to suit the film, Twitter, Award Waapsi and metrics!
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