A girl with realistic dreams penned something!
-Mitisha
Mitisha Mukherji is an young talent, enthusiastic about writing. She is born and brought up at Kolkata and is well rooted to her family, background and cultural heritages. She loves to portray her experiences of life, the changes she observed in the society, the transformations through the various incidents of life. She draws inspiration from the conversations with elderly people, daily activities, discussions in her friend circle etc. She penned Saat-Panch (Collection of Bengali poems), Carols of Caroline and few anthology projects like 120 Best Poems by Authors of India and Nebula Dreams. She won International Excellence Award 2024 for Saat-Panch. She is hopeful in pursuing her career as a writer. The above poem is extracted from her book Carols of Caroline which is also available in Amazon and flipkart.
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