The mandatory Saraswati Pujo rituals every year where the kid assists his Dadan in its preparation and during the puja. Since all the books are in front of the Goddess, it gives him the perfect excuse to spend the day with his cricket bat and ball. God save the house now.
Like every year, the kid’s books, books on writing (mine), medicine (husband’s) and Mathematics (Baba’s) occupy the major space in front and beside the Goddess. But this year, two new books have been added to this pile – books written by me. It gives me immense joy to see ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ and ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ here. May this be the beginning of many more books to come.
Happy Saraswati Pujo and Vasant Panchami to those who celebrate.
An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), Sonia Chatterjee holds two post-graduate degrees in Chemistry and Management and an MFA in creative writing from Writer's Village University. With eight years of experience in the banking sector as a Branch Head, she took a sabbatical from the corporate world to start her blog soniasmusings.com. Her blog consistently featured in the Top Indian Blogs list from 2019 to 2024.
Her articles have been published on various digital platforms such as Women's Web, Youth Ki Awaaz, Tuck's Magazine, and Period Magazine. She was invited as a speaker at the Breaking Barriers, Kolkata 2018 event by the Women's Web, at the Women Writer’s Fest, Kolkata, 2020, and the Crime Writers Festival, Kolkata,2025.
Sonia has written two detective thrillers titled ‘Deal of Death – Introducing Raya Ray’ (2019) and ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death – A Raya Ray Adventure’ (Vishwakarma Publications, 2024) and a non-fiction book on true crime titled ‘The Sanyasi Who Became a King’ (Sristhi Publishers, 2025). Her book ‘Diary, Deceit, and Death’ was shortlisted for the PVLF Awards 2024-25 in the Best Fiction Category.
Sonia lives in Kolkata with her doctor husband and nine-and-a-half-year-old son.
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