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Dispatches from Kolkata

Independence

Published August 16, 2023 at 4:40 AM PDT
Sandip's mother Reba Roy who saw India become independent reads Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel Independence set in those years.
Sandip Roy
Sandip's mother Reba Roy who saw India become independent reads Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel Independence set in those years.

India celebrated its 77th Independence Day this week. Sandip talks to novelist Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni about her novel Independence set in the turbulent and traumatic years of Independence. And the lessons from those years that we still have not learned today.

Dispatches from Kolkata