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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Indian Author
Born: 1956
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Related authors: Amish Tripathi Ashwin Sanghi Devdutt Pattanaik Jaggi Vasudev Ravi Subramanian Ruskin Bond Shiv Khera
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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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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It's never really easy to be successful as a writer when you're trying to write literary fiction. You've already limited your readership limited by that choice. 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
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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
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I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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There is no conflict in looking good. You buy things you need, and then you do something good for society. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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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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I love visual art. I painted for many years when I was younger. I have studied modern/contemporary Indian art a bit and am very impressed with the talent in India. 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 think writers from both East and West have long been fascinated by the ancient tales and the opportunity to reinterpret them. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Two great and terrible truths of war are these: War is easy to enter into, but difficult to end. And ultimately, in war there are no winners. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I'm too careful with money - comes out of being poor for several years while growing up. 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 write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Often, writer's block will occur when I don't understand a character or his/her motivations. So I will make notes analysing characters. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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To me, characters are at the heart of great literature. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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