Category: Personal

Kolkata Authors Meet Up on 14/12/25

What happens when a bunch of Kolkata based authors decide to meet at Peter Cat on a Sunday afternoon? Food, fun and adda. That’s what yesterday was about as I met up with some familiar and some new faces over chelo kebabs and cups of coffee.

Food and coffee

A quick trip to Oxford Bookstores to surprise Kolkata Bookworms where they were celebrating their third anniversary followed. This group is close to my heart for the role it played in my journey as an author until now. All my good wishes to this vibrant group of young readers.

Here’s a glimpse of the meet-up:

https://youtube.com/shorts/g-2NJoiN_kg

Felicitation for a national rank by the kid in Spell Bee competition 2024-25

A tiny dose of happiness when the kid gets felicitated by his school for a national rank of 75 in Spell Bee. Proud of him and his friends who made it to the national list amidst thousands of students across the country.

Proud of his achievement

Also, this one’s special because only the two of us know how much we struggled to ensure he appears for the preliminary level of this competition. 🧿

The certificate and trophy

The kid performing on ‘Pete o pithe’ written by Tagore

Celebrating Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore and Kabi Nazrul Islam’s creations through music, recitation, dance and drama on 18th July 2025. 

The kid  and his friends performed a play called ‘Pete o pithe’ written by Tagore. We were fortunate to witness it live and the laughter in the background proves how much the children enjoyed it.

Special thanks to Ranita ma’am, who spent weeks training the children and his school authorities for giving him the opportunity.

Happy anniversary, life partner!

Batchmates – friends – best friends – boyfriend/girlfriend – spouses – daughter+son-in-law/son + daughter-in-law – parents – the final acceptance of the truth that no one can tolerate us 365 days except each other because we are annoying of the same level.

That’s the trajectory of our story. 14 years of being officially married to this man I have danced with on the streets during Durga Puja and walked with to get fit. He continues to be consistent, I keep up my track record of being a foodie. Less coffee, more black tea; less conversation, more responsibilities ; less travel, more commitments – that’s how life has been for a while now. But like always, thou shall continue to irritate me and I shall continue to get on your nerves.

Here’s to many more years of love, partnership, arguments, support and having each other’s back.

Happy anniversary, partner!

Birthday Celebrations 2025

Thank you for the wonderful wishes on my birthday yesterday (29th May).

From being the one arranging and organizing surprises to receiving a midnight birthday surprise from the son and the husband, my heart feels full today. Quite impressed with the kid ordering all the books saved in my cart without letting me know.

Here’s to another year of surprises, more books, trips, food adventures and quality time with friends and family.

Birthday Celebrations