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| '''"Indian chick lit"''' is the Indian subgenre of [[chick lit]], a [[genre fiction|genre of fiction]] written for and marketed to young [[women]], especially single, working women in their twenties and thirties. Chick lit features [[hip (slang)|hip]], [[looks|stylish]] female protagonists (usually in their twenties and thirties and living in [[urban area|urban]] settings) and follows their love lives and struggles for professional success (often in the [[publishing]], [[advertising]], [[public relations]], [[fashion]] or [[film industry]]). The books usually feature an airy, irreverent tone and frank [[human sexuality|sexual]] themes.
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| [[Rajashree (novelist)|Rajashree]]'s ''[[Trust Me (novel)|Trust Me]]'' is the biggest-selling Indian chick lit novel.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Opinion/Sunday_Specials/Deep_Focus/Write_up_their_alley_chick_lit_brigade_grows/articleshow/msid-3286008,curpg-1.cms "Write Up Their Alley"]</ref> The popularity of novels like ''[[Trust Me (novel)|Trust Me]]'',<ref>[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/trust-me-to-spill-beans-on-bollywood/top/33834-8.html?xml "Trust Me to spill beans on Bollywood"], ''[[CNN-IBN]]'', 18 February 2007.</ref> Swati Kaushal's ''Piece of Cake'' <ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201415.html?hpid=sec-world India's Cheeky "Chick Lit" Finds An Audience]</ref> can be seen in the context of the rise of regional varieties of chick-lit.<ref>Asha Menon [https://web.archive.org/web/20121026082326/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/02/12/stories/2007021201260800.htm "Indian chick lit?"]</ref> In an interview to the New York Times, [[Helen Fielding]] said, 'I think it had far more to do with zeitgeist than imitation.' If the chick lit explosion has 'led to great new female writers emerging from Eastern Europe and India, then it's worth any number of feeble bandwagon jumpers.'<ref>Rachel Donadio [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/books/review/19donadio.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&fta=y "The Chick-Lit Pandemic"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 19 March 2006.</ref> Sunaina Kumar wrote in the Indian Express, 'Ten years after the publication of [[Bridget Jones's Diary]], the genre of fiction most recognisable for its pink cover art of stilettos, martini glasses and lipsticks, is now being colourfully infused with bindis, saris, and bangles. ' Sometimes referred to as 'ladki-lit', Indian chick-lit seems to be coming of age.<ref>Sunaina Kumar [http://www.indianexpress.com/story/14234.html "The Rise of Ladki-Lit"], ''[[The Indian Express]]'', 8 October 2006.</ref> ''[[The Zoya Factor]]'' by [[Anuja Chauhan]] is another chik lit novel which has got commendable praise.<ref>http://blabberbug.blogspot.com/2008/09/book-review-zoya-factor-by-anuja.html</ref>
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