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Dissolving differences has always been an important motive for my writing, right from 'The Mistress of Spices.'

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I've long been interested in the tale-within-a-tale phenomenon. I'm familiar with many tales which use this framework or the device of many people in one place, telling their stories, or multiple storytellers commenting on each others' stories with their own.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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'The Mahabharata,' which inspired my novel 'Palace of Illusions,' also has many stories embedded within the main tale.

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It is an Englishman who turns out to be the real villain of 'The Moonstone.' By contrast, the three Indian priests who dedicate their lives to returning the jewel to its proper home in the temple, though they have nothing personal to gain by doing so, are positively heroic.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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'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.

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Topics: Across Back British Could Cursed Dangerous Enigmatic Follow Great Hoped Hopes India Jewel Later Mansion Mysterious Ocean Only Priests Stolen Who

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A book can be wonderful and powerful and accessible and artful all at the same time.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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It's very important to balance things; it's imperative to do something for the society, and women in particular, and help women who aren't in position to help themselves.

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There is no conflict in looking good. You buy things you need, and then you do something good for society.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Unlike novels with a hero or two heroines, in 'One Amazing Thing,' all the characters tell stories they've never told anyone before, so all the voices become equally important.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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If you look back at the great classics and the epics and myths, they were for everyone. Different people got different things from them, but everyone was invited to participate.

~Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Biography

Nationality: Indian

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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