Guest guest Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Kaavya Viswanathan who is the19 year old author born in Madras in 1987 under as yet unknown ink bleeding plagiarizing stars, is the daughter of rich doctors who ended up in New Jersey and then Harvard by way of Scotland to write a novel that demands to be entirely stolen, starting with the title. The whole story makes no sense otherwise. We are at the beginning of a new art form which had only stumbling steps heretofore. She is very attractive and so will be forgiven after a fashion. The ugly shouldn't even try. _________________________________ Juliana Swanson wrote: > Dear Members, > > Does anyone have the birth data of Kaavya Viswanathan, the best- > selling Harvard undergrad author (_How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got > Wild, and Got a Life_) who is accused of plagiarism? > <http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512948> > > Thanks, > Juliana > > > > Links > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 Juliana Swanson wrote: Dear Members, Does anyone have the birth data of Kaavya Viswanathan, the best- selling Harvard undergrad author (_How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life_) who is accused of plagiarism? <http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512948> Hi Juliana, I"ve been searching for the data myself with no luck--it's just not out there yet. I've decided that plagiarism or at least 'unconscious' plagiarism is the result of a Mercury/Pluto contact in one's chart. Remember the case of Beatle George Harrison and "My Sweet Lord"?. It was proven in court that the tune was lifted 'unconsciously' from the song "He's My Guy". I doubt very much that George did this intentionally. BTW George has a Mercury/Pluto opposition across the MC/IC axis of his natal chart. Since she was admittedly a very big fan of the author that she plagiarized I can see how this could have happened. Since she is kind of 'cute' to boot ( as DS has mentioned)-- I think I would probably forgive her for her minor 'sins'. :>)) I doubt though that she will be so easily excused in court. Best wishes, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 The new art form is plagiarism We will find especially Neptune in her birthday She is cute...the hubris of youth... I'm delighted she's caught ________________________________ Juliana Swanson wrote: "Dark Star" et al, Looks or no looks, I doubt she will ever be forgiven for this if she is proven guilty of the alleged plagiarism. Truth is, she may be somewhat innocent and the book publisher might be at fault...is this what you meant when you said "We are at the beginning of a new art form which had only stumbling steps heretofore."? The following excerpt from Huffington Post.com may explain what happened: http://news./s/huffpost/20060427/cm_huffpost/019887;_ylt=A86 ..I21h9lBEyhcBcQP9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA-- by Rachel Pine: "Is Kaavya Viswanathan an Innocent Bystander?" "Over the past few days, since the story of the alleged plagiarism broke, Ms. Viswanathan has maintained her innocence, saying in a statement, 'I wasn't aware of how much I may have internalized Ms. McCafferty's words.' She has also apologized, repeatedly, profusely, and to my ears, genuinely. But she also seems at a loss to explain just what happened. In an interview with the New York Times, she said, 'I really thought the words were my own; I guess it's just been in my head,' she added. 'I feel as confused as anyone about it, because it happened so many times.'Could someone as obviously intelligent as Ms. Viswanathan be reduced to an almost fugue-like state when trying to explain how another writer's words wound up in the pages of her own book?...In light of all this, here's what I can't help but wonder: In the process of editing and rewriting and then more of both, could someone else's hand have entered the picture? Someone who didn't mind lifting another writer's work to help make a deadline?" If she is found guilty as charged, I imagine that Harvard might even ask her to leave, which would be a terrible shame and loss, especially given the fact that her family paid an enormous sum of money to her college counselor to get her into Harvard in the first place. So, nobody has her birth data? Juliana valist, Dark Star <pansophia wrote: > > > Kaavya Viswanathan who is the19 year old author born in Madras in 1987 > under as yet unknown ink bleeding plagiarizing stars, is the daughter of > rich doctors who ended up in New Jersey and then Harvard by way of > Scotland to write a novel that demands to be entirely stolen, starting > with the title. The whole story makes no sense otherwise. We are at the > beginning of a new art form which had only stumbling steps heretofore. > She is very attractive and so will be forgiven after a fashion. The ugly > shouldn't even try. > _________________________________ > > Juliana Swanson wrote: > > > Dear Members, > > > > Does anyone have the birth data of Kaavya Viswanathan, the best- > > selling Harvard undergrad author (_How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got > > Wild, and Got a Life_) who is accused of plagiarism? > > <http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=512948> > > > > Thanks, > > Juliana > > > > > > > > Links > > > > > > > > > <*> valist/ <*> valist <*> Your Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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