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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.

My books featured in the Heyzine magazine

Heartfelt gratitude to Kainaz,  Aabs Publishing House & Reader’s Choice for featuring both my books in the Heyzine magazine.

The magazine carries details of –

  1. My true crime non fiction book ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ published by Srishti Publishers & Distributors (link to purchase – https://srishti.pub/sanyasi )

And

  1. My detective thriller in the Detective Raya Ray series titled ‘Diary, Deceit and Death’ published by Vishwakarma Publications (link to buy – https://www.amazon.in/dp/9395481862 )

I hope you enjoy reading it.

Second interview about ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’

Here’s a glimpse of my second interview from the book discussion, where I talked about my book ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ with Shree. The book is represented by The Book Bakers and published by Sristhi Publishers.

Link to the full interview on Instagram given in my YouTube shorts.

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!

The first interview from the Book discussion of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’

Here’s the first interview from the Book discussion of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ with Kolkata Bookworms at the Storyteller Bookstore. The book is published by Sristhi Publishers and represented by The Book Bakers.

Watch the full interview on instagram –

Snippets of the book discussion of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ on June 8th

Snippets of  the book discussion of ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’  hosted by Kolkata Bookworms at the Storyteller Bookstore on June 8th. The book is published by Srishti Publishers & Distributors and represented by The Book Bakers.

It was a special moment to have a member of the Bhawal family attend my event.

Watch the full video on my YouTube channel –

Book Discussion on ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ today at 4 p.m.

Join us for the book discussion of my non fiction book ‘The Sanyasi who became a King’ on 8th June (today) at 4 p.m.

The event

The event will be conducted by Kolkata Bookworms at the Storyteller Bookstore, Picnic Garden.

About the book

Published by Srishti Publishers & Distributors and represented by The Book Bakers, this is the true crime story of the Bhawal Raja set in pre-Independent India.

About me