Straddling Two Cultures
by Uma Girish
March 31st, 2007
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
It happened in 1976 when Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was all of 19. Walking down a Chicago street with some relatives she was appalled when a few white teenagers yelled “nigger” and hurled slush at her. The incident, deeply shaming, was never discussed, but it stayed and played in her mind and acted as [...]
