AUTHOR INTERVIEW : SHANTANU BANERJEE

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I am happy to interview Shantanu Banerjee, debut author of the book my Girlfriend's Wedding. Our conversation has been summarized below. 


1. When did you first start writing?

💫 I was in the 5th standard of my school, when I first started writing stories. It was a small story which I wrote in Hindi for the first time.


2. Share some memories from your childhood days ?

💫 I was very shy, introvert and always remind confined to my dreams. I was always surrounded by my family members and many a times by my friends.

Since I was the single child of my parents, I was always taken special care of. Apart from my parents I was taken special care by my uncle and auntie for whom I was like their own son since they had no children of their own. 


3. What are your hobbies?

💫 I love reading stories and travelling. However, I developed the habit of photography later and now I enjoy travelling and photography both at the same time, apart from reading and writing.


4. Who was your inspiration in writing?

💫 I read few books of Chetan Bhagat in recent times and I loved the way he narrates a story. Hence he inspired me a lot to develop this storytelling habit which I have incorporated in my book.












5. Which was the first book you read and the way it had an impact on you?

💫 If I think about the first book that I read in my life, it was Ramayana and it left an impact in my mind to differentiate the right from wrong. Even today, I love reading the Ramayana and also, whenever I get a chance, I watch the television series based on it.


6. Do you feel tired of writing?

💫 No, never. I enjoy writing, as writing makes me feel comfortable and takes me far away from all those daily hectic schedules I follow.

I actually get lost into a different world whenever I write.


7. What all difficulties do you face while writing?

💫 There is no such difficulty whenever I write something out of my heart. Yes one difficulty exists and that is, I have to write not only for myself but for my readers and hence whatever I write I have to make it impressive.


8. Who are your favourite authors?

💫 William Shakespeare, Rabindranath Tagore and Sharatchandra Chattopadhyay. Also Satyajit Ray, the famous writer-filmmaker.

       


9.What is your favourite genre in reading books?

💫 I love romance and adventure.


10. Does your current book 'My Girlfriend's Wedding' depends on true events of life ?   

💫 Not exactly! Apart from the excursion trip part, rest of the story is a fiction.


11. What are you planning to write next?

💫 I am writing another story which I will reveal before it gets ready for release.


12.  Message for your readers.

 💫 Trust yourself and chase your dreams. Since if I can live my dreams, you all can !



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