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Aug 29, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The nation is reeling — and rightly so — in the wake of the horrific rape and murder of a female doctor trainee at R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, now known as the Abhaya case. The crime took place on August 9, just a week before India’s 78th Independence Day — to achieve which, many women had fought heroically.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
khabar.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Home > Magazine > Features > Eye on India: Shock and Sorrow in KolkataBy Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni The brutality of a widely reported incident at a Kolkata medical college, where a young trainee doctor was gang-raped and murdered, was disturbing—but so was the callous response. What can we do about it in this country, and how can we stop such incidents?
By now most of us are aware of the tragic rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R. G.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
kathmandupost.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |Sanskriti Pokharel
It’s rare for a book cover to catch my attention. However, a few weeks ago, something unusual happened—a book cover sparked my curiosity. The saying “Do not judge a book by its cover” seemed irrelevant. I found myself lured to pick up ‘The Forest of Enchantments’, written by Indian-American writer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, from my college library. In this book, Divakaruni retells the mythological story of Ramayana. We grew up listening to the story of the Ramayana in our childhood.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
e-desinews.com | Sara Bareilles |Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Namrata Patel is the best-selling author of Scent of a Garden and The Candid Life of Meena Dave. She examines diaspora and dual-cultural identity among Indian Americans in her writing and explores this dynamic while also touching on the families we’re born into and those we choose. Name: Namrata Patel.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
theprint.in | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Ajji treated the entire childbirth process as normal and discussed it frankly with her granddaughters. Sudha even accompanied her to a midnight delivery once – an adventure that left a deep mark on her. It was no coincidence that both Sudha’s father, Dr R.H. Kulkarni, and her elder sister Sunanda decided to become gynaecologists.
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Feb 18, 2024 | 
rediff.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
After agonizing over this for weeks, he made a decision. When they met after work one evening, he startled her by blurting out, 'I think we should break up.'A moving excerpt from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's An Uncommon Love: The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana Murthy. IMAGE: Sudha Murty with her husband and Infosys Co-founder N R Narayana Murthy. Over the next few days, Murthy thought hard about the kind of company he wanted to start.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
original.newsbreak.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Growing up in a traditional Hindu household, I often woke in the morning to the sounds of ‘Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram.’ And among the many stories my grandfather told me, my favorites were those of Ram’s adventures. My cousins and I often enacted these adventures, using kitchen utensils as our weapons.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
indiacurrents.com | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Growing up in a traditional Hindu household, I often woke in the morning to the sounds of ‘Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram.’ And among the many stories my grandfather told me, my favorites were those of Ram’s adventures. My cousins and I often enacted these adventures, using kitchen utensils as our weapons.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
vogue.in | Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Teens: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThis heartwarming and heart-rending memoir of the author as a young African American girl growing up in the racist American South, far from her parents, was a riveting read. As a newcomer to America, feeling displaced and missing India, I found a friend and soulmate in the young Maya. Her challenges and how she dealt with them gave me the courage to face my own difficulties.
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Jan 13, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Swati Daftuar |Shonali Muthalaly |Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni |Shilajit Mitra
For over a decade, The Hindu Lit Fest has celebrated literature and its many facets, playing host to authors and performers, culture icons and eminent professionals. The festival encourages dialogue and exchange of ideas, allowing participants and audience to scrutinize the important questions of the day. This time, the literary festival will be held on January 26 and 27 at Sir Mutha Concert Hall in Chennai.
