I want people to be sensitive about how women feel and think. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni feelpeoplesensitive Change image and share on social
I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni appealbedhouse Change image and share on social
I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni bringhinduindia Change image and share on social
I realise that a novel and a film are different mediums. As artistes, we need to respect other artistes. It also needs a lot of courage to take risks to experiment and interpret known literary works. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni artistecourageexperiment Change image and share on social
I want my books to force readers to recognise the fact that a woman is a human being just like them. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni bookfactforce Change image and share on social
I think, we all learned that when we are afraid it's easy to want to blame, and the people we want to blame are the people who don't look like us. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni afraidblameeasy Change image and share on social
After September 11, 2001, I was feeling like I really wanted more understanding between cultures. It seemed to me that so much of what happened on September 11 was because people didn't understand each other and were suspicious of each other. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni culturefelthappen share on social
The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni battlegreatheroic Change image and share on social
When I was volunteering with Hurricane Katrina refugees in Houston in 2005, I first started thinking about the whole phenomenon of grace under pressure. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gracehoustonhurricane Change image and share on social
I work very hard at creating complex characters, a mix of positives and negatives. They are all flawed. I believe flaws are almost universal, and they help us understand, sympathise and, paradoxically, feel closer to such characters. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni characterclosecomplex share on social