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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

LAST QUEEN

Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the beautiful Jindan Kaur went on to become Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s youngest and last queen, his favourite. She became regent when her son, Dalip, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne. Sharp-eyed, stubborn, passionate, and dedicated to protecting her son’s heritage, Jindan fought hard to keep the British […]

Independence

Here is a river… Here is a village… Here is a grand old mansion… Here is the country that contains them all… India. August, 1946. Everything is about to change. Priya, Jamini and Deepa, Dr Nabakumar Ganguly’s daughters, live in Ranipur, Bengal, safe from the rising turbulence in the country. When their father is killed […]

Before we Visit the Goddess

Beautiful, powerful new novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of Sister of My Heart and The Mistress of Spices about three generations of mothers and daughters who must discover their greatest source of strength in one another a masterful, brilliant tale of a family both united and torn apart by ambition and love. The daughter […]

The Forest of Enchantments

The Ramayana, one of the worlds greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sitas version. The Forest of Enchantments is also a very human story of some of the other women in the epic, often misunderstood and […]

The Lives Of Strangers

Chitra Divakaruni is well known for her highly acclaimed novel THE MISTRESS OF SPICES and her award winning short story collection ARRANGED MARRIAGE. In this new collection she weaves tales of India and of new settlers in America with touching perception and colour. A young girl protects her small brother from the wrath of her […]

Oleander Girl

Divakarunis descriptive, evocative writing makes you race through the book and then mourn its completion. For those who are fans of the author, this is a must-read. For those who have yet to discover her, this book is a must People Troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents death, seventeen-year old Korobi Roy clings […]

Sister Of My Heart

The book describes the undying love between the protagonists Anju and Sudha. Their mothers were pregnant when Sudhaƒ??s father suggested to Anjuƒ??s father that they go fishing. An accident during the time resulted in the death of Anjuƒ??s father. Sudha has always felt and thought of it as her fault that Anju does not have […]

The Palace of Illusions

The Palace Of Illusions is a modern retelling of the epic Mahabharata, through the eyes of Panchaali (Draupadi), the wife of the famous Pandava brothers. Divakaruni has rewritten this epic from a female perspective. The focus of the story has shifted from the original war and honour, to more humanistic concerns. It is an epic […]

Arranged Marriage

The book, Arranged Marriage, is the debut novel of the author. It has gathered much praise from its readers. This book throws light on the issues faced by the Indian woman, who is stuck with cultural changes, and is free at the same time, battling to make a life for herself. The book gives a […]

The Mistress of Spices

Magical, tantalizing, and sensual, The Mistress of Spices is the story of Tilo, a young woman born in another time, in a faraway place, who is trained in the ancient art of spices and ordained as a mistress charged with special powers. Once fully initiated in a rite of fire, the now immortal Tiloƒ??in the […]

One Amazing Thing

“An incredible and highly original premise in the hands of a gifted storyteller has resulted in this jewel of a story. It is, to paraphrase the books title, an amazing thing.” –Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting For Stone “Divakaruni is a brilliant storyteller; she illuminates the world with her artistry; and shakes the reader with […]

Queen of Dreams

In her most spellbinding novel yet, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni spins a fresh, enchanting story of transformation that is as lyrical as it is dramatic. Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother living in Berkeley, California, is struggling to keep her footing with her family and with a world in alarming transition. Her mother is a […]

The Palace of Illusions

First published in 2008, Chitra Banerjee Divakarunis The Palace of Illusions has received wide acclaim for giving a womans take on the timeless tale that is the Mahabharata. Narrated by Panchaali, wife of the five Pandava brothers, the novel traces her life from fiery birth and lonely childhood, where her beloved brother is her only […]