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	Mistress of Self Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Photo by Maurice Ramirez. By Neela Banerjee Growing up an aspiring writer in a house full of doctors was never an easy thing. While I wrote rambling stories in spiral notebooks about girls with magic horses, my parents talked medicine and my brother volunteered at hospitals. In my Aunt Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s poetry and fiction, I found validation for my own furtive scribbling. More than just literary inspiration, her work helped me understand how our bi-cultural lives are rich with stories waiting to be told. COMPLETE STORY...		How America Sees Us: National survey shows many Americans prejudiced against Chinese Americans (in National News) Oakland Cultural Center Changes Name — Again (in Bay Area News) International Showdown: Selling arms to Taiwan (in Business) Emil Amok: Busting Stereotypes (in Opinion)

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Wherever You Go, There You Are By Grace Talusan In Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s latest book of short stories, The Unknown Errors of Our Lives, characters grapple with tensions highlighted in her earlier fiction, the critically acclaimed Mistress of Spices, Arranged Marriage and Sister of My Heart. These are characters who are trying to understand how to love, what it means to be happy, and where home is. COMPLETE STORY...

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