Category: Personal

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

Celebrating Mother’s Day 2025

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.’ 🧿

At my book launch and the Kolkata Book Fair

He made it an equally special day for me with his handmade gifts and thoughtful gestures.

A wonderful gift!

The kid’s first experience of watching theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts Kolkata

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.

At the Academy of Fine Arts

My interview on my author’s journey by Himani Goyal

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