My strongest cheerleader, best friend and biggest inspiration – eternally grateful to God for blessing us with a son like him. On this mother’s day, all I told him was that ‘no one else will ever know the strength of my love for you. After all, you are the only one who knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.’ 🧿
He made it an equally special day for me with his handmade gifts and thoughtful gestures.
The kid’s first experience of watching theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts turned out to be memorable as it was the birthday of the theatre group ‘Bohurupi’. They brought the Halisahar Malancha group’s play ‘Nishikutum’ on stage.
I enjoyed answering the thought-provoking questions from Himani. You can read the full interview on my journey as an author here.
Q1. Tell us something about yourself. A. An alumnus of Presidency College (Kolkata), Delhi University, and XIME (Bangalore), I hold two post-graduate degrees in the fields of 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, I took […]
A quick interview with Sonia Chatterjee
Class 4 final exams just got over on the 5th and yesterday, the kid represented his school at an event celebrating Women’s Day. He gave a speech on ‘The most inspiring woman in my life – my mother’.
It was nothing short of an emotional moment for me to see the shy introvert grow into a confident speaker. 🧿
This will always be my favourite Women’s Day ever.
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.
Thank you 2024 for reinstating my belief in persistence and hardwork. The year began at the bookstore Story and ended with copies of my new book getting shipped to the major bookstores in Kolkata. The year started with a bunch of people and it ended with those who I call friends like family. The first trip of the year was just the three of us while the last trip of the year was with my closest family. Here’s to 2024 for being kind, joyful, productive and enjoyable.Â
2025, I hope you turn out to be even better.
Here’s wishing you a very happy new year 2025.
2024 is the year when I visited Purulia, Ayodhya Hills, Lucknow, Agra, Vizag, and Gopalpur in the last 3 months.
Since Diary, Deceit and Death released in September 2024, the book has travelled with me to all these places.
Here’s my father holding the book at a picturesque location chosen by my husband while my son clicked the picture. They along with my in-laws are the reason I shifted careers to pursue what I always loved doing – writing. It’s overwhelming to see them feel happy and proud of me.
For the next couple of days, there will be some major announcements – the year end surprises I have planned for my readers and friends.
Until then, if you haven’t placed an order for the book, it’s time you do it as a year end gift to yourself or your loved ones. Here’s the link –
Thank you, Debashree, for capturing this moment and making the book signing an extra special moment for me, that too at our own UCC Durga Puja mandap on the day of Maha Sasthi.
I hope you enjoy reading the book as much as I loved writing it.
Link to order
After some hectic months of working on the book in the pre-publication stage and the kid’s first semester exams, I finally had an evening for myself. Here’s a picture of the absolute sukoon(peace) I felt while reading a thriller, savoring home-made snacks and drinking tea last evening.
I hope you have a wonderful day full of happiness and peace.
The last couple of weeks have been way too hectic. My second book is getting ready for launch, and I’m excited about the cover image that landed in my inbox this week (I can’t wait to share it with the world now). As the book goes for printing in another couple of weeks, I’ve started proofreading my third book, which should be ready in a few months. Hopefully, the third book will be released in the first quarter of 2025.
Amidst all the chaos and my son’s upcoming first-semester exams this month, I’m worried about how I’ll deal with everything happening together. But that didn’t deter us from celebrating my birthday last month on the twenty-ninth.
With the cake-cutting at midnight followed by opening the gifts from my in-laws, Baba, the husband, and my darling son, I had a lot of fun throughout the day.
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