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.
Priya Saraiya hey chitra! hope u doing great! loved ur book mistress of spices...and just bought ur book palace of illusions....ws just curious to know..... are you a vegeterian?
Radhika Rao
Hello Chitra
I am a fan of your books. You are coming to Raleigh and i cannot believe i am going to be seeing you. Your palace of Illusions was such a great book. Hope i get to say hello to you. I am a crazy reader and work in my dream job at the Wake County Public Libraries. We would love to host you sometime since we ...have a huge fan following for your books. I have yet to my masters in Library science but i came to this country very late and did not know that my reading passion would land me this job. Any way keep writing. One of my books for my book club was the Queen of Dreams and what a discussion we had. Keep writing
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I am a fan of your books. You are coming to Raleigh and i cannot believe i am going to be seeing you. Your palace of Illusions was such a great book. Hope i get to say hello to you. I am a crazy reader and work in my dream job at the Wake County Public Libraries. We would love to host you sometime since we ...have a huge fan following for your books. I have yet to my masters in Library science but i came to this country very late and did not know that my reading passion would land me this job. Any way keep writing. One of my books for my book club was the Queen of Dreams and what a discussion we had. Keep writing
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Lowell Mick White Thank you for visiting Texas A&M!
Zameer Kamble
Dear Chitraji,
I have come to Germany on a scholarship to write my Ph.D thesis on Christa Wolfs Kassandra and Shashi Deshpandes "The stone women", though my choice for Shashi Deshpande happened due to time constraints solely, and I was actually looking for a book that would be comparable with Christa Wolfs "Kassandra". ...While travelling in Germany I got hold of your book "Palast der Hoffnung" and was happy that the universe does work out things for us. I dont know whether you have read "Kassandra" or Cassandra in english, but if u do, u will realize the great coincidential similiarity between your books. I think I have decided to take up your book as one of my primary works. Would love to have an interview and interactions with you on mythological writings of yours.Read More
I have come to Germany on a scholarship to write my Ph.D thesis on Christa Wolfs Kassandra and Shashi Deshpandes "The stone women", though my choice for Shashi Deshpande happened due to time constraints solely, and I was actually looking for a book that would be comparable with Christa Wolfs "Kassandra". ...While travelling in Germany I got hold of your book "Palast der Hoffnung" and was happy that the universe does work out things for us. I dont know whether you have read "Kassandra" or Cassandra in english, but if u do, u will realize the great coincidential similiarity between your books. I think I have decided to take up your book as one of my primary works. Would love to have an interview and interactions with you on mythological writings of yours.Read More
Triveni I really like the way you write. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Arranged Marriage and Sister of My Heart...looking forward to reading some of your other work..
Ashwina Venkaya Appasamy Hello....i just read two of your books..they are too great..specilly the language...the way you present the characters..its so amazing....there are no words to praise the beauty of the language you use...its really great..."The vine of Desire"...wow..great one...inspired me a lot...and "Queen of Dreams"...Its an honour to acknowledge your writings...
Brooklynn I just read "Arranged Marriage" for one of my college classes. Absolutely beautiful. I couldn't put it down. I am from Yuba City, CA, so I had been to or recognized nearly all of the places the stories were set in, which was pretty exciting to me ; ) Pretty silly, huh?
Giusy I read the mistress of spices...fantastic book! :)
Parameshwari Sircar
Hello Ma'am,
i just wanted to say that i love your books because of their mystical quality and enigma. my favourites are Arranged Marriage, Sister of My Heart and the Palace of Illusions among others. I've always been an admirer of Draupadi and the latter work inspired me to write my Masters dissertation on her.
Thank you Ma'am.
Best wishes,
Parameshwari.
Bill Murray
On April 4th of 2008, I wrote this poem ans I wanted to share it with you (p.s. I love your writing):
Summertime
Will it be like 1,001 Arabian nights?
With magic carpet rides and a djinni granting
Wishes from a lantern?
Summertime
Bring your tiny mirrors
Embroidered in chiffon saris and satin
And take me
From the Island of Manhattan
Something like the story of Aladdin
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Hello Piyasree, I recently read & enjoyed How to Paint a Dead Man, by Sarah Hall, a British writer. I was impressed by her language, her use of detail, her creation of voice, and the way she intertwines 4 separate story lines to create a novel. The relationship between the 4 is a mystery at first, but all come together in the end. I learned a lot.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni hello lisa: it was a pleasure meeting your group. you are the 1st book club with whom i've discussed 1 Amazing Thing, so I was very glad that there was so much interest in the idea. Look forward to seeing you again when we launch the book in Houston.
Piyasree Dasgupta
Hi Ms Banerjee, this is Piya from The Indian Express newspapers here. We had met during the launch of The Palace of Illusions at your place in Kolkata. How have you been?
We are compiling a reading list for our national edition books page at present. Would be great if you could tell us what you have been reading recently... and what you feel about the particular book...
Waiting to hear from you...
Regards
Piyasree
Lisa Bowes Young Thanks so much for coming out on this very rainy night to meet with our book club. Loved hearing about your writing process and interesting insights into Palace of Illusions. Looking forward to One Amazing Thing!!
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Devi,
take a look at my website, which lists all my books & has several
interviews and critical essays. www.chitradivakaruni.com
Source: www.chitradivakaruni.com
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. ...
