Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni reads from Forest of Enchantments for Diwali: Ram's return to Ayodhya through Sita's eyes

While the Ramayana is primarily centred around the perspectives of men — the 'good prince' Ram and the 'evil demon' Ravana — seldom does one know what the women in the story felt or thought.

ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival 2019: Mary Beard, Yann Martel, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni to speak on Day 4

On the palace grounds in Jaipur, Mary Beard will take the audiences on a tour of the ancient civilisations and histories of the city of Rome with an introduction by Dan Jones

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni on Forest of Enchantments, timeless epics, comparisons between Sita and Draupadi

If symbolically, Sita, being the daughter of the earth, is in tune with the power of nature, then Ram embodies the laws of the city or civilization, everything that opposes Sita’s power — natural, emotional and free flowing

Jaipur Literature Festival responds to petition seeking strong stand on #MeToo, promises safe space for all

The organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival have said that it condemns sexual harassment and gave details about its internal complaints committee.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's 2008 bestseller, The Palace of Illusions, to adapted on big screen

Born Confused turns 15: How one YA novel opened the gates to desi representation in American pop culture

Born Confused gave us permission to explore the ‘ordinary’ stories of our own people, which are by default extraordinary | #FirstCulture

Sisters under the skin? Chitra Divakaruni says Zindagi serial rips off her novel

Divakaruni wrote a book about sisters of the heart. Now it seems her novel has an illegitimate sister on television. She says the popular serial Mera Naseeb on Zindagi rips off her story without permission.

Remembering 9/11: 'The sense of invincibility is gone'

Ten years later, I believe we still face some of the problems and tensions that erupted after 9/11. The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have taken their toll on the economy, on morale, and on the many soldiers that have been scarred by them.