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The book titled ‘Anita Gets Bail’ was authored by:

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“Anita” in the title stands for every ordinary citizen facing slow justice — remember Arun Shourie’s activism.
Updated On: Jul 15, 2026
  • Amitab Ghosh
  • Kiran Bedi
  • Indira Jaisingh
  • Arun Shourie
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The Correct Option is D

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Arun Shourie wrote "Anita Gets Bail", a critique of delays and procedural failures in the Indian court system, told through the fictional citizen Anita who stands for the countless people worn down by slow litigation.

  1. Arun Shourie: The confirmed author of the book.
  2. Amitav Ghosh: Known for literary fiction, not this book.
  3. Kiran Bedi: Wrote about policing, not this title.
  4. Indira Jaising: A lawyer and activist, not the author here.

Arun Shourie is therefore the right answer.

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The name Anita in the title is a stand-in for the ordinary citizen caught up in a slow legal system, and recognising which of these authors writes using such symbolic, ordinary-citizen figures helps identify the writer.

  1. Arun Shourie: Frequently uses real case studies and representative figures like Anita to illustrate how delays, corruption and procedural hurdles affect everyday citizens, which is exactly the device used in this book to argue for judicial reform.
  2. Amitav Ghosh: Builds his fiction around historical and cultural narratives rather than symbolic case studies of legal reform.
  3. Kiran Bedi: Writes from her own direct experience in law enforcement and prisons rather than through a symbolic citizen figure.
  4. Indira Jaising: Engages with legal issues through advocacy and case work rather than through a book built around a representative character.

The device of using an ordinary citizen's name to expose systemic judicial problems is characteristic of Shourie's writing in this book.

So the correct answer is Arun Shourie.

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