describe it and read from it. Chitra Divakaruni: Thank you, Ross. It's a real pleasure to be back here at Google.I enjoyed my last visit very much and I'm already enjoying this visit a great deal. And I'm hoping that after I talk, we'll have
I would never have guessed that. Chitra Divakaruni: Thank you. Thank you.So Ross, maybe you should start off with a question.
Yes? Who's an author you admire? Chitra Divakaruni: Who is a writer, author,that I admire a great deal? Well, actually one of the big influences on my life is Maxine Hong Kingston, who is writing out of a slightlydifferent tradition, the Asian-American tradition.
Yes? Chitra Divakaruni: The question is do I see the new technologyimpacting writers and in what way. Well, first, I have to thank Google, because really Google has made my life as a writer so much easier, so much better.
Yes? Chitra Divakaruni: Oh, wow, that's a complex question.I'll take it part by part and if I forget you'll have to remind me.
Yes? Chitra Divakaruni: Right. Right.Chitra Divakaruni: Yes. That's a very good question.
Chitra Divakaruni: Right. Right.Chitra Divakaruni: Yes. That's a very good question.That -- is there a cultural component to how we behave when there are disasters? So is there, for example, in the Eastern or
Yes? Chitra Divakaruni: Yeah. The question, that again is an interestingquestion, looking at cultural difference.
You know, I saw people who were very kind to each other. Chitra Divakaruni: The question is that if you're a writer, but you're
You know, I saw people who were very kind to each other. Chitra Divakaruni: What do my kids think about my writing?
You know, I saw people who were very kind to each other. Chitra Divakaruni: Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure talking to you and having
questions yes and I think they want you to use the mic over Amar chitra Kata I have to tell you that every time we went to India we would buy stacks of Amar chitra Kata for our
comics than amitra Kata but I started off with indrajal comics and the usual stories that we all grow up on champak Chanda Mama Amar chitra Kata and uh there is a hierarchy that we all follow don't we uh uh if you've grown up in India at a particular point of time most of us follow that hierarchy uh you move on from these stories to famous 5 and
I am pleased today to welcome chitra banery divakaruni to begin with I have a slight cautionary tale that I will tell many years ago chetra and I were
of Illusions um and she will take questions after the reading please remember to use the mic over there on the side and now I'd like to welcome chitra banery Dakar rooni thank you Ross it was a great pleasure to meet up with you after many years over here
cultures, you ever feel kind of pressured as been a representative of Indian culture and ? Chitra Divakaruni: The question is do I ever feel pressured as a representative of Indian culture and how do I feel about that. I think often writers are taken to be representatives of the cultures that they write from, especially if they're living in a place where
She's an author, poet, activist, and teacher, and in 2015, she was chosen by the "Economic Times" as one of the 20 most influential global Indian women. So thank you for joining us today, Chitra . It is absolutely my pleasure, Regina.
At this time, it's my pleasure to welcome Chitra back to Google again in 2010. I first met her -- let's see, I think I walked into a class in Foothill College where she was teaching poetry. And I studied with her for at least two quarters,
in the rivers, these rivers were cut off, the Nangal dam was Doordarshan had Krishi Darshan, agriculture program, Chitrahaar,
Welcome, everyone. Thank you for sharing your afternoon with us. I have many favorite things about working here, but one of my most favorites is having the opportunity to invite people I admire, such as Chitra , to Google to share her work.
So, maybe unnamed is not exactly a complete surprise. So this novel winds together the personal stories of individuals who have been thrown together in unexpected circumstances. And we're going to welcome Chitra here to describe it and read from it.
I am pleased today to welcome chitra banery divakaruni to begin with I have a slight cautionary tale that I will tell many years ago chetra and I were both students at Tom Parker's writing seminar uh I continued to follow the engineering course uh which led me