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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Indian Author

Born: 1956

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As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I show women growing, changing, becoming stronger in many kinds of situations. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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As I remember my grandfather and those Christmas mornings he gave for a little girl's pleasure, I know that often a big life starts with doing small things. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Each book is a separate entity for me. When I'm writing it, I enter its world and inhabit its vocabulary. I forget, as it were, that I ever wrote anything else. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I have a lot of respect and love for children's books. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I've been interested in dreams myself for a long time, and it's a big part of the Indian tradition, especially where I was brought up in Calcutta in my family, which is quite traditional. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, 'Oh, don't tell us any more.' Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I was caught on the freeway for hours when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. The entire city had to be evacuated. I observed lives threatened by catastrophes and a whole range of behaviour. What could people do during a crisis? Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I took a little break after 'The Palace of Illusions' to clear my head. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I work very hard at creating complex characters, a mix of positives and negatives. They are all flawed. I believe flaws are almost universal, and they help us understand, sympathise and, paradoxically, feel closer to such characters. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

In Western dream interpretation, it's often connected to psychotherapy and looking at the personality and what's going on in your life. In Eastern dream telling, many times there's this idea of a special gift. And without this gift, you could study and study, but you'd never really become an effective dream teller. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Perhaps what distinguishes my characters is their courage and spirit and a certain stubbornness which enables them to keep going even when facing a setback. I think this developed organically as I wrote, but also it came out of a desire to portray women as powerful and intelligent forces in the world. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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By the time we're adults, our ideas have solidified. So I wanted to write for a younger audience, who would perhaps love heroes from other cultures. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I hate it when people throw away food - I've seen too many hungry people. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I type everything on my computer. I carry a writer's notebook everywhere, in case I am struck by an idea. I forget things unless I write them down. I'm planning to learn how to dictate into my cellphone; I think that will be very helpful, too. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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