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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
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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I came to the plain fields of Ohio with pictures painted by Hollywood movies and the works of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. None of them had much to say, if at all, about Dayton, Ohio. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I have been watching how Indian women are forced to do certain things, as the stories of sacrifice and devotion in mythology demand from them. And then there are inspiring stories about women like the Rani of Jhansi that offer women refreshing role models. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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A kshatriya woman's highest purpose in life is to support the warriors in her life: her father, brother, husband and sons. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I wrote 'Mistress of Spices' at an unusual time when I had a near-death experience after the birth of my second son. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Immigration was a huge force in changing my outlook. I moved to America 30 years ago. I had to reassess my beliefs, especially about women's roles. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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One of the things that I am learning is that each generation will have its own negotiations with identity. And one generation can not necessarily help the other generation with it. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Sometimes what is 'real' because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.' Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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I was about 12 when I first encountered 'The Moonstone' - or a Classics Illustrated version of it - digging through an old trunk in my grandfather's house on a rainy Bengali afternoon. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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