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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born July 29, 1956) is an Indian-American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, Arranged Marriage won an American Book Award in 1996, and two of her novels (The Mistress of Spices and Sister of My Heart), as well as a short story The Word Love, were adapted into films.
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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is easily one of the best multicultural writers around the world, writing about the subcontinent and its many facets. Before venturing into novels, Banerjee Divakaruni experimented with poetry only because she was convinced that writing poems would be easier than penning down proses but as luck would have it she slowly shifted bases and there has been no looking back ever since.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's powerful new novel is a moving story of loyalty and love, nationhood and sisterhood, set against India's independence movement, at once exhilarating and devastating. 'A spellbinding saga of the decolonization and partition of the Indian subcontinent, with a cast of vividly drawn, compelling characters.'
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running from me you tumbled down the stairs, had to be taken for stitches. I held you still—. your father never could stand blood. Under the doctor’s lamp your lips were. bruised oleanders. Now my eyes are going, that shade returns to me more and more, your outraged gaze.
Vine of Desire continues the story of Anju and Sudha, the two young women at the center of Divakaruni’s novel Sister of My Heart. Far from Calcutta, the city of their childhood, and after years of living separate lives, Anju and Sudha rekindle their friendship in America. The deep-seated love they feel for each other provides the support each ...
May 10, 2022 · Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is the award-winning author of 18 books. Her themes include the Indian experience, contemporary America, women, immigration, history, myth, and the joys and challenges of living in a multicultural world.
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many of the women killed themselves. Drowning was the easiest. eaten by fish. We hold on. to never end. the peasant uprising of I860, when the plantations were destroyed. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “Indigo,” from Leaving Yuba City: Selected Poems (New York: Anchor Books Doubleday, 1997).Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, "Indigo" from Leaving ...
