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Interview with Debjeet Mukherjee

Author Interview with Debjeet Mukherjee
About the Book:


Are village folks really that simple? What happens when rural people start gambling on drugs? Can a small girl from a village break the existing social stigma and become ‘modern’? Are love stories restricted to urban areas? Do genetics play a role in shaping decisions related to mischief? To what length can a father go to get his daughter the more important things in life? Can fulfillment come without education? Read this riveting short story of twists and turns in a village depicting the life of a farmer, his family and the village postman.
About the Author:
As of 2018, Debjeet Mukherjee is a post graduate student of economics at the University of Calcutta. His first short story “A Rural Coincidence”, won a Commendable Mention at the Wingword Short Story Prize 2017 organized by Delhi Poetry Slam. He was Shortlisted the following year, for his internationally acclaimed story “The Farewell”, at the Wordweavers India Short Story 2018 Contest. These short story booklets, self-published in 2019 by Uditi Prakashan, helped Mukherjee establish himself as an author with a promising future. Mukherjee also received an Honorable Mention for his winning entry “Two Birds”, at the International Photography Awards 2017 under Non-Pro Nature - Wildlife category.

Debjeet Mukherjee’s debut international poetry book “VOYAGES Volume I – A Collection of Poetry”, self-published in 2018 / deluxe edition in 2019 by Notion Press, was reviewed and rated Five Stars by Readers' Favorite, USA and Realistic Poetry International. The poetry collection was bestowed a (Four Stars) Silver Book Award by Literary Titan, USA in February 2019 and garnered favorable positive feedback from authors, bloggers and reviewers around the world. The book also received a Gold Star in TheBookDesigner.com's September 2018 e-Book Cover Design Awards. The official website of the author is www.debjeetmukherjee.com

My Interview:

1. When did you realize that you wanted to be a writer?
A. I wrote from a very young age, my early teenage years. My school friends and English teachers were a constant source of inspiration. I decided to become a writer eventually.

2. How much time does it take for you to write a book?
A. A few months to a year. I mainly write poetry and short stories. Both of these require adequate number of pieces to form a collection.

3. One of the qualities you learned from writing?
A. Reading is as important as writing.

4. Where did you get the inspiration for writing such a book?
A. Life perhaps! I believe that the world has enough negativity and hatred in it already. So I write on inspiring things that remind us that the world is not a bad place after all.

5. What do you like to do when you're not writing? As in, what are your hobbies?
A. Reading, photography and numismatics.

6. When did you write your first book? What was the inspiration behind it?
A. I published my first book on 05 September, 2018 (Teacher’s Day, yay!) and it was a collection of poems from age 14 to 21. The inspiration was to provide readers an insight as to how a poet begins their journey as hardly any established poet publish their earlier and initial works.

7. Your favorite author?
A. Khaled Hosseini

8. What do you think makes a good story?
A. Good imagination, execution of the plot and a worthy climax. Some twists in between definitely helps.

9. Any suggestions for the budding writers?
A. Time, Money and Hard Work required. You started the journey, good, now do things to keep it!

10. Was writing your initial goal?
A. Probably. I don’t remember. But I always felt happy writing stuff. I guess goals matter as long as you are still happy after achieving them.

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