Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni by Aaliyah Thomas https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt Background on the author en-us 2016-09-22 12:13:31 UTC 2025-11-02 09:41:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Author's Background thomasaaliyah514 https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125677620 D.O.B: July 29, 1956
Place of Birth: Kolkata, India
List of work:
  • One Amazing Things 
  • The Palace of Illusion  
  • Mistress of Spices
  • Queens of Dreams
  • Arranged Marriage
  • The vine of Desire 
  • Black Candle
Topics written about:
- immigrants experience
- unite people by destroying myths and stereotypes



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1996-Arranged Marriage

Crawford Awards:
1998- Mistress of spices]]> 2016-09-23 12:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125976203 thomasaaliyah514 https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125977543 2016-09-23 12:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125977543 Information on "Clothes" thomasaaliyah514 https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125977677
  • Characters:
    • Sumita
    • Somesh
  • Theme: The theme is based on idenitity, arranged marraiged, cultures, and integration. 
  • Symbolism: She uses a different color to respresent did things
    • Example:
      • Yellow
      • Blue 
      • Red
      • Orange
      • White

    • ]]>     2016-09-23 12:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125977677     Basic Plot on "Clothes" thomasaaliyah514 https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125981103 The story is about Sumita who has a arranged marriage in American. Her friends are jealous she is marrying a American man. When she moves to American she starts to fall in love with her  husband Somesh and she has to hide her indain culture from the Americans.]]> 2016-09-23 12:25:04 UTC https://padlet.com/thomasaaliyah514/l5wlp9odlplt/wish/125981103