Tag: # Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Here I present: Chitra Banerjee चित्र बनर्जी  ,”The Palace of Illusions “, 2008 which was by an Indian-American author.  The story is set in San Francisco, California. According to the author: “the epic weaves myth, history, religion, science, philosophy, superstition and statecraft into its numerous stories-within-stories to create a rich and teeming world filled with psychological … Continue reading Chitra Banerjee चित्र बनर्जी ,“The Palace of Illusions”, 2008.

Padma Lakshmi & Judith Sutton, “Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs“, 2016 was the topic of an earlier blog post. Jagadish Chandra Bose, “Runaway Cyclone”, 1896 also was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, “The Mistress of Spices: A Novel”, 1997 a culinary fiction with “magical realism”. Indian-American author Chitra … Continue reading Chitra Banerjee चित्र बनर्जी ,“The Mistress of Spices: A Novel”, 1997