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.
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. 🧿
Celebrating Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore and Kabi Nazrul Islam’s creations through music, recitation, dance and drama on 18th July 2025.Â
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.
Jay Jagannath!
Happy Rath Yatra to those who celebrate.
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!
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.
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.
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