In many immigrant families, the parents are just talking and talking about the home country until the children are like, ‘Oh, don’t tell us any more.’ Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
In Western dream interpretation, it’s often connected to psychotherapy and looking at the personality and what’s going on in your life. In Eastern dream telling, many times there’s this idea of a special gift. And without this gift, you could study and study, but you’d never really become an effective dream teller. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
I’ve been interested in dreams myself for a long time, and it’s a big part of the Indian tradition, especially where I was brought up in Calcutta in my family, which is quite traditional. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
As I’ve written more, and as other Indian American voices have grown around me, I strive harder to find experiences that are unique yet a meaningful and resonant part of the American story. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
America is a country formed by diverse communities from different countries. Overall, the country is very hospitable and gives opportunities to grow. Saying that, I’d also say I’m not a ‘white’ immigrant; a South Asian’s experience is different than, say, a European immigrant’s. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Sometimes what is ‘real’ because it takes place in the physical world, like 9/11, is so unreal on the level of the soul. Then other things, which in terms of the physical world seem so magical and unbelievable, on the level of the soul seem very real. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
I started putting down my thoughts on paper out of loneliness while I was studying in America. I was very close to my grandfather, and when he died, I couldn’t visit home. I started scribbling those thoughts. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Read Quote
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 Read Quote
