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Recent renditions of these stories from a female perspective have lent them a voice. It is told by panchaali, wife of the pandava brothers, a fiery female redefining for us a world of warriors, gods, and the evermanipulating hands of fate. This week i finally finished chitra banerjee divakaruni s the palace of illusions. The writer gracefully gives the story a feminine touch by retelling it from panchaalis draupadis viewpoint. I closed my eyes and imagined a riot of color and sound, birds singing in mango and custard apple orchards, butterflies flitting among jasmines, and in the midst of. Revisiting womens experience in chitra banerjee divakaruni s palace of illusions p. Chitra banerjee divakarunis 2008 novel, the palace of illusions, is a retelling of the ancient hindu epic the mahabharata. Voice of conscience in chitra banerjee 6 divakaruni s the palace of illusions. Chitra banerjees empathetic view of draupadi as a protagonist in the palace of illusions jyoti singh research scholar department of english and modern european languages university of allahabad it is said that whatever is here is found elsewhere. Publication date 200802 usage attributionnoncommercialno derivative works 3. Chitra banerjee divakaruni is an awardwinning author and poet. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by chitra banerjee divakaruni. While weaving a familiar story, chitra provides deep and surprising insights volga in recasting the ramayan as a love story divakaruni accords sita parity with ram, revealing her innate strength.
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