and the world by "Forbes Magazine," BBC, "The Guardian." Just last year, "Time Magazine" called her "Africa's Premier Diva " and one of the 100 most influential people in the world.Angelique is a UNICEF and Oxfam Goodwill Ambassador, advocating for children all around the world.
JAE'LEN JOSEY: That's funny. Diva . For those watching the video, the captioner just apologized.JAE'LEN JOSEY: That's funny.
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 slightly different tradition, the Asian-American tradition.
Yes? Chitra Divakaruni: The question is do I see the new technology impacting 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 interesting question, 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
Because she is the greatest singer of all time, and I grew up listening to her. She was my diva icon, you know, trying to belt all by myself in my bedroom and cracking every single time when I was 13. That's another thing. But I would not watch her in the beginning.
I jumped. Yeah, I love that moment. It's like the diva got shut down the first time. But I was so excited upon repetition of that first theme, I said, I'm coming on top of you this time with the same little motif here.
But that was enough. Or any diva moments?
called it "Girls with a Z" which always indicates a sort -- Kaveri Subrahmanyam: Huh. Peggy Orenstein: diva girls power to me. I am woman see me shop kind of girl power. And so Ty Girlz dolls are like you guys know what Bratz dolls are? They're like Bratz dolls but plush, so they're like Bratz dolls meets Groovy Girls. And my daughter she was four
As actresses, they're really fun to work with. We're just divas . Just three divas . They're really adorable. We've been around either so much that we coordinating our outfits.
And now we come to the present what happens at auto shows. We now have divas that become Sirens of Chrome, and here is Celine Dion doing a -- for the celebrity black tie evening, singing for Chrysler.
She is an internationally known baker, food and baking expert, whose books have been translated into multiple languages. She has been called the diva of desserts, the most meticulous cook who ever lived-- I agree. --and a legendary baker.
And at the same time, of course we wanted it to be culturally authentic and rooted in Chinese culture but modern and contemporary, fitting of the character of a diva . And so-- Super easy.
And opera singers notoriously are sometimes known as a little diva -esque. What do you think is your biggest diva quality? I think for the most diva -esque thing about me is that I have enough self-possession to hide all my typical diva qualities.
What do you think is your biggest diva quality? I think for the most diva -esque thing about me is that I have enough self-possession to hide all my typical diva qualities. Oh, great answer! I love that, I love that.
It's not a personal thing. An orchestra is not a diva -oriented individual or thing. And it did not come from.
And I really enjoyed Birmingham. I also started writing for something called "Diva Magazine," which is a magazine for lesbians. And in those days, I was getting 400 pounds a month check sent to me.
as people in the know called it, speaking of it as they might La Loren or La Jolie. Romans saw it as an ostentatiously endowed diva of a gym even though it was little larger or better outfitted than the kind of health club you find in any strip mall in any American excerpt. It had a modest pool,-- "a weight room with scores of machines, a glass walled exercise studio for calisthenics and perhaps two dozen treadmills, Stairmasters, recumbent bikes and the like. It was darker
She's definitely one of the top divas .
makes it also different from many strad divaris uh that more or less take care
I thought she was going to be a diva times 100.
That's awesome. And Isaiah, so you introduced yourself as a tenor, which-- to people in the audience and online, if you guys don't know, that's an opera singer. And opera singers notoriously are sometimes known as a little diva -esque. What do you think is your biggest diva quality?
We've seen you on "The Game" and "Drop Dead Diva ." So what's that transition like?
They are. No real divas .
I'm honored to welcome back Chittra Banerjee Divakaruni to Google.
So please join me in welcoming Chittra Banerjee Divakaruni.
I am pleased today to welcome chitra banery divakaruni to begin with I have a slight
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
I think we've been spoiled by this rich tradition. But I love the variety of musical styles represented from the Lady Gaga diva -pop ballad to the little brothers bit of rap and hip-hop interlude with Chang'e.
sometimes rock stars can develop rock star attitudes and be a little bit diva -like or Prima Donna.
I'm Beth Leavel. I play diva Dee Dee Allen, who has won two Tony awards that she carries with her at all times.
So Madhuri has won Kalabhinetri award, Platinum Diva Award, Screen Award, "Vogue" Bollywood Beauty Legend Award--
I was honestly inspired by a lot of the amazing R&B divas that came before us.
I worked as an actress for 15 years, like a diva , doing all the lead roles with a person called Barry John,
You'll hear Opus 20, Number 2 beginning, shockingly-- and I know for us, the shock is somewhat tempered. Up until this point, string quartet playing was tune, diva , backup band. So what happens to begin this quartet signifies a really cataclysmic change in what the quartet could be.
The reason I'm on-- I was a big-- I don't want to say computer diva , because that would be a little much,
So I think other than that though we really were able to -- I think there were no divas in our group so we really focused on the good of the whole, the good of the group. And really
yourself . I remember there was a restaurant called The Chicken Divan. No, the restaurant was called The Divan when I was growing up and one of their specialties was a chicken Divan which
So the next subject might be a little bit touchy, OK? Because in January of 2023, "Rolling Stone" magazine put out an article of the 200 best singers of all time, and there was one pop icon diva who was notably absent from this list.
No, don't, don't. I'm not that much of a diva .
Who is Emily? Yes, right, the diva .
And I think you can start your own-- you should have a better name than Iranian-- like, you should be Googoosh, who is, like, a Persian diva .