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"I have a variety of readers from across the diasporic community, not just from South Asia. I like to write large stories that include all of us - about common and cohesive experiences which bring together many immigrants, their culture shocks, transformations, concepts of home and self in a new land."

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About Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is an Indian-American novelist and poet known for works such as The Mistress of Spices and The Palace of Illusions. She has also taught creative writing in the United States.

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