Tell us about yourself and what inspired you to start writing.
I am Tanupriya Kalita, born and brought up in bongaigaon district of Assam, India.I was born on 12th Oct, 1988. I did my BA from same city where I was born. I also did B.Music from Bhatkhande and Kalabid (M.Music) from Nikhil Bharat. I am lucky to be daughter of Subhash Chandra Kalita and Mamata Choudhury.
Well, I was inclined to writing and reciting poems from my childhood. I got a prize for recitation in my childhood when I was only 3 years old.
To be more specific to question, I was inspired by my mother Smt. Mamata Choudhury.
I get inspired to write when any incident touch my heart. My pen transforms the memories and images of those incidents into letters.
Describe your writing process? Is there anything unique about it?
Well, that is a pretty tough question to answer. To be honest, I do not follow any process, I write whenever I get emotional. Whenever some feelings, thoughts come to my mind, i just note down on a piece of paper. The main uniqueness about my writing can better be described by my readers. I just express my emotions and thoughts, in the form of poem. Ofcourse, I write more on real things, irony about human life.
Have you published any books or do you have a desire to do so?
“Emuthi Sagar – Anubhuti Mur Hridoy Spondonor” is my first book published by Notion Press, Chennai. The book is written in Assamese Language. “Emuthi Sagar” means, a handful of oacen. Life is like an ocean, but we can hold only a handful of it. Isn’t it? This book consists of 25 poems and 24 quotes. All poems which I have included in my book were written long ago, but was scattered. Then I realized to compile all of them in the form of book.
Do you have any favorite poets or authors?
Yes, I like the writing of Homen Borgohain Sir.
Do you have a favorite book of poetry or poems?
Ofcourse, I like to read various types of books from poetry to novels incluidng epic.
Yes, Infact I have many favorite books “Mrityunjoy” written by Gyanpeeth Award Winner Birendra Kumar Battacharya, “Dotal Hatir Ui E Khoa Hawda” by De. Mamonj Roysom Goswami and all books of Homen Borgohain and Partha Chattopadhyay are my favourite book.
What are you reading now?
Right now, I am reading an assamese novel, maharathi written by Chandra Prasad Saikia
What do you like to do when you’re not writing? Full-time job, pets, hobbies?
I like singing, gardening and cooking etc while I do not write books.
One of the hobby or passion is singing. I sing from my childhood. I sung in many stage shows, live concerts and got appreciated by Bharat Ratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika for my singing. In addition to that, in the year 2021, I released two melody songs, which were digitally distributed in all major music platform as well as got radio broadcasted from Japan, UK and Norway.
Are you working on a current project?
I am planning to write a novel and release some songs in coming year.
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