Independence Means Doing The Right Thing: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni talks about her new book Independence, and why she is greatly influenced by Rabindranath Tagore and his writings on the Indian independence movement
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni talks about her new book Independence, and why she is greatly influenced by Rabindranath Tagore and his writings on the Indian independence movement
Despite being born to a privileged family, Vohra sought to take to the cause of independence and joined the freedom fighters. Along with the support of Bhagat Singh and other notable freedom fighters, Vohra set up the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA).
Insecurities and fears
Because art is the first step towards bringing freedom to the world?
Adulting is hard but I am surely enjoying this. And I have decided to not waste my time wallowing over problems that have a way of fixing themselves.
Not only did she help the country break through the British raj but she never stepped back from fighting away the patriarchal practices prevalent in Indian society.
After fourteen years of schooling, entry into college life is a major milestone for everybody. Confined by the boundaries of school, college comes up as an independent phase.
Her book Batware ka Dard is an explicit picture of the whole Partition trauma she saw through her own eyes.
From 1947 till today the dawn of 15 August ushers in with the deafening shouts of ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Jai Bharat’. Among this cacophony, there are citizens, of the same independent country, that is taken back to the trauma and havoc that accompanied the independence. The harrowing storm of Partition 1947 that uprooted and dislocated […]
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