

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is one such. It migrates into innercapes of bold imagination that gives birth to a brazen perspective. It enveloped her trials, complexity of her relationships and secret desires.Įvery once in a while you come across a book that goes beyond its words.


The book began with Panchaali’s birth in fire, followed by a mature stance of her being a wife to five husbands. The 10th anniversary publication, that has a new author’s note, comes as a subtle reminder that epics are not a thing of the past. It enveloped her trials and tribulations, complexity of her relationships and desire she secretly harboured for another man. The book began with Panchaali’s birth in fire, followed by a mature stance of being a wife to five husbands.
