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 choiceeasyfiction Change image and share on social
To make money for college, I worked in our college dining room. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni collegedinemake Change image and share on social
'The Moonstone' was all I could have hoped for. A mysterious, cursed jewel, wrested from India, only to be stolen later from a great British mansion. Enigmatic, dangerous priests who follow it across the ocean in hopes of wresting it back. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni backbritishcurse share on social
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 bigbringcalcutta Change image and share on social
As I've written more, and as other Indian American voices have grown around me, I strive harder to find experiences that are unique yet a meaningful and resonant part of the American story. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni americanexperiencefind Change image and share on social
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 bookenterentity Change image and share on social
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 arthurdaytonfield Change image and share on social
India has been a very accepting culture. We pride ourselves on that. That is a global truth. In fact, it forms a major theme in my books. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni acceptbookculture Change image and share on social
'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni embedillusioninspire Change image and share on social
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 childcountryfamily Change image and share on social