My first acquaintance with Chitra Banerjee Divakurni’s work was through her novel The Spice Mistress.The film had released by the time I had started reading the novel but I opted not to watch the film, as I believe a film adapted from a novel can never entirely capture the essence of a writer’s emotions.Being a Bengali, any story set in Bengal has always fascinated me. The Oleander Girl is aquest of a young Bengali woman and her journey to find her identity. Korobi orphaned at birth, is brought up in  a traditional household by adring over protective grandparents. She spends seventeen years of …