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The television show depicted within this novel—The Chosen—is a fictional production inspired by the Indian adaptation concept of the Korean show Single's Inferno. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any existing television production, streaming platform, or production company. References to Netflix, Red Chillies Entertainment, and BBC Studios India are made solely within a fictional context.

Panel characters, including Zara Khanna, Dr. Sai Madan, Arjun and Priya Mehta, Dr. Ananya Krishnamurthy, Kiara Bose, and Rohan Subramanian, are entirely fictional. They are inspired by archetypes within Indian and diaspora public life and are not intended to represent or resemble any specific real individual.

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