I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures.
From Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
As I lived on in America, I got to truly know the people of this country - so many kind and wonderful people, people of so many races - who helped me in so many ways. Who became my friends. I realized that underneath our different accents, habits, foods, religions, ways of thinking, we shared a common humanity.
Strong women, when respected, make the whole society stronger. One must be careful with such rapid changes, though, and make an effort to preserve, at the same time, the positive traditions of Indian culture.
I like being myself. Maybe just slimmer, with a few less wrinkles.
The Mahabharata might have been a great and heroic battle, but there are no winners. The losers, of course, lose.
I write in my study, where I also have my prayer altar. I believe that keeps me focused and gives me positive energy and reminds me that I'm merely the instrument of greater creative forces.
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.
There is no conflict in looking good. You buy things you need, and then you do something good for society.
With the strong women I write about, I want to create a sense of strong possibilities.
I came into Chicago in winter - I'd never been so cold in my life! I was very homesick, and a poor student at that time. America seemed so different and so filled with amazing things - and almost all of them were out of my reach.
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