Divakaruni will be the keynote speaker at the Akshaya Patra Gala in Boston, MA, on May 21, raising money to feed schoolchildren in India. Details here: Akshaya Patra website. Please consider donating to this wonderful nonprofit.

PAST EVENTS: Georgia, April 16 and 18, 2023

Sheth Lecture in Indian Studies: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, a discussion of Independence. SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 2023, 4 – 6:30 PM, at Carlos Museum, Emory University Campus,

Forsyth Reads Together, On Tuesday, April 18, 7 PM, at the Forsyth conference Center. 3410 Ronald Reagan Blvd., Cumming, GA 30041. A discussion of Divakaruni’s One Amazing Thing.

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Past events for Independence, the India Tour.

1. Sun Jan 22, 11 a.m. discussing Independence with Aanchal Malhotra at Jaipur Lit Fest, Jaipur, Clarks Amer Hotel, Front Lawn.

2. Monday Jan 23, 5 pm, Kolkata Literary Meet, Victoria Memorial grounds, Kolkata, discussing Independence with Ankhi Mukherjee.

3. Thursday Jan 26, 3 p.m., KLM, Victoria Memorial grounds, discussing Rani Jindan, heroine of The Last Queen.

CHENNAI –Saturday, 28 January –

• 12 PM – 4 PM – Bookstore visits: Higginbothams [Anna Salai], Crossword [Express Avenue], Odyssey [Adyar] Readers can meet Divakaruni at these bookstores and get signed copies. Check with bookstore about timings. Or if you order your copy ahead, and tell the bookstore, Divakaruni will sign it with your name.

BANGALORE –Sunday, 29 January –

• 4:00 PM – Event at Blossom Bookhouse, Church Street

Monday, 30 January –• 5:30 PM – Event at Sapna Book House, Jayanagar, Bangalore.

DELHI –Wednesday, 1 February –

12:30 – 3 PM – Bookstore visits: Readers can meet Divakaruni at these bookstores and get signed copies. Check with bookstore about timings. Or if you order your copy ahead, and tell the bookstore, Divakaruni will sign it with your name.

– Bahrisons, Khan Market

--Full Circle Bookstore, Khan Market

– Faqir Chand, Khan Market

– Midland Book Shop

– Crossword, Select CityWalk, Saket

– ShelfE, Select CityWalk, Saket

6 PM – Event at Lecture Room 2, India International Centre. THIS IS THE BIG DELHI LAUNCH. PLEASE COME & TELL FRIENDS!

Thursday, 2 February

Event at Ashoka University (open only to Ashoka University students)

Below is information on past events for The Last Queen:

Chitra Divakaruni’s new novel, The Last Queen, based on the life of the beautiful, feisty and courageous Rani Jindan, who was a thorn in the flesh of the British, was published in USA in May 2022.

The Last Queen was published in India in January 2021. (HarperCollins) and became a #1 National Bestseller. Due to the pandemic, most book events were held online. Below are some past virtual event links.

The Launch event for The Last Queen was held at the Nehru Center, U.K. At this tri-continental event, Chitra conversed with Author Amish Tripathi, director of the Nehru Center and Author Navtej Sarna, author of The Exile, a novel about Rani Jindan’s son Dalip Singh. https://youtu.be/oSwRVljL-9g

T.G. Narayanan Endowment Lecture, “Bridging Barriers through Literature,” on Sita, Draupadi and Jindan, at Madras Christian College

Jaipur Literature Festival discussion with Navtej Sarna and Priya Atwal

Hyderabad Literature Festival Discussion with Dr. Vijay Kumar Tadakamalla

Kolkata Kalam Lit Meet Discussion with Malavika Banerjee, Festival Director

LiveHistoryIndia. This fun interview also incorporates important historical places, photos and paintings referred to in the novel. https://www.livehistoryindia.com/lhi-book-club/2021/01/20/chitra-banerjee

FOR SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS, please contact chitra.divakaruni.list@gmail.com (USA) and Sidharth Jain, s@thestoryink.com (India)

For other matters, contact Chitra’s literary agent: elise@dijkstraagency.com

For film interest, contact Sidharth Jain s@thestoryink.com (India) and Andrea, andrea@dijkstraagency.com