A Quote by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I am a Hindu, brought up mostly in India.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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Am Brought Hindu India Mostly Up

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Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
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Born: 1956

In India the new government - the members of the radical Hindu Right who want India to be a 'Hindu Nation' - they're bigots. Butchers. Massacres are their unofficial election campaigns - orchestrated to polarise communities and bring in the vote.

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