Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magic and celebrating diversity. She writes both for adults and children.
Monte Jennings
Good afternoon! I'm actually writing my English term paper on yourself and am very excited that you have a facebook. Would I be able to ask a few questions on here or is there an e-mail that i could send a few questions to? My thesis statement will be why you are a major writer in our society. I have plenty of note...s and I bought The Unknown Errors of Our Lives Today but there are few things I'd love to ask.Read More
Nima Sanmukhiya
Hi I need your help concerning one of your book- The lives of strangers
Its about the short stories
What is your style of writing in that
and what was your main themes in that book?
Please I'll be great full to you if you can help me...
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Thank you Mrinalini and welcome to the page. My upcoming novel is One Amazing Thing, and I'll have a description and a cover for it soon to put up on this page. Indrani, great to hear from you. I do have a few recipes up on my blog--but I have to warn you, I'm no gourmet cook! Thanks, Nidhi. Let me know what you hear from your department. And your opinion on Arranged Marriage.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Shefali, as my teenager says, My bad. The entry on Pamuk is up now. Here's the link.
http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/blog/200
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The other night, Orhan Pamuk was in Houston, reading at Zilkha Hall, and I was asked by Inprint, the premiere arts organization of the city, to interview him. A fascinating man, Pamuk had many unusual and thought-provoking things to say about writing. Below, I've paraphrased three of his answers.
Mrinalini
Hello Chitra, I love reading your books. Palace of Illusions is my favorite. Thanks!
Please give us more like this and let me know whats your latest venture, looking forward to more of such delights from you :)
Indrani Karen Weber
Hi Chitra, I just read a short article in the recent New Yorker by Jhumpa Lahiri about her father and a rice dish, pualo, he made all his life. It was in their annual food issue ... Several months ago I recall you saying you were thinking of sharing recipes you used? Or writing a book about these recipes??? is that... right, or am I misremembering? Anyway, it is a good article and for myself I very much associate the welcoming and hospitality of the Indian culture in how food is prepared and offered ... with much love. Read More
Nidhi
Hi Dr. Divakurni,
I am going to talk to my department in the next few weeks and will let you know the outcome. Thank you so much for your support! I have ordered the Arranged Marriages book and cannot wait to tell you what I think of it!
Thank you so much, Nidhi:)
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ciera--the story Clothes from Arranged Marriage has many minor symbols--colors, birds, foods, water, light & darkness, the amusement park, etc. shefali, yes, anirvan & barnali, his wife are very brave. i could never travel like that. as i get older, i want to just stay in 1 place! i plan to have my conversation with orhan pamuk up on my blog by tonight.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Thank you, friends, for your comments below: thanks, susan, punam, sayantani--what did you think of The Bath? hello to your mom in india. thanks nidhi,kikkmei, ryan, shefali for your posts. thanks & welcome to the page, niranjana & lavanya. i heard all those lovely dohas of your father when i watched Mahabharat! your website is pretty neat!
Lavanya Shah
Hello Chitra ji,
Joye Linder Rhoads told me about you being on FB :)
&
she lent me your book,Palace of illusions...which I just finished few days ago.
It was fascinating to read the epic " MAHABHARAT " as DRAUPADI's story.
Congratulations on your creative writings.
also, I am daughter of Late Pandi Narendra Sharma ( he ...gave the Concept & wrote most of the Dohas for the T.V series MAHABHARAT produced by Shri B.R. Chopra )
I write my BLOG in HINDI : http://lavanyam-antarman.blogspot.com/Read More
Joye Linder Rhoads told me about you being on FB :)
&
she lent me your book,Palace of illusions...which I just finished few days ago.
It was fascinating to read the epic " MAHABHARAT " as DRAUPADI's story.
Congratulations on your creative writings.
also, I am daughter of Late Pandi Narendra Sharma ( he ...gave the Concept & wrote most of the Dohas for the T.V series MAHABHARAT produced by Shri B.R. Chopra )
I write my BLOG in HINDI : http://lavanyam-antarman.blogspot.com/Read More
Source: lavanyam-antarman.blogspot.com
कुछ गीत ऐसे होते हैं जिन्हें आप पहली बार सुन ले फ़िर बरसों तलक वे आपके वजूद ...
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Here's the link to anirvan's blog: www.yearofnoflying.com
Source: www.yearofnoflying.com
The streets of Tokyo were filled with many delights. The paths through the train stations were a geography we began to get familiar with, though the overall layout of the city remained mostly theoretical. ...
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Friends, my website, www.chitradivakaruni.com, is UP AGAIN, thanks to my wonderful webmaster, anirvan chatterjee, a celebrity in his own right--google him! he and his wife barnali are on a 1 year journey around the world! they are writing of their adventures on their blog
www.yearofnoflying.com. check it out!
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an award-winning author and poet. Her themes include women, immigration, the South Asian experience, history, myth, magic and celebrating diversity.She writes both for adults and children. ...
Niranjana Hello Chitra..was clean bowled by your book,Palace of illusions...what wondeful insight...and i bow to that spark within you that made you write ...Thank you...
Shefali Choksi thanks so much for recommending that Carver story! what a wonderful short story! thanks again.
