#Literoma Author Interview: Rupali Gupta Mukherjee

 

1.     Who is Rupali Gupta Mukherjee in daily life?

Rupali is a loving mother of a jovial 17 year old daughter and a fun-loving wife of a cooperative husband. She is a mentor, an educator who loves her classroom and her students. Rupali is an emotional person, a true friend and shares a fantastic relationship with her in-laws. Apart from her sisters and sisters-in-law, her friends and colleagues encourage her a lot to carry-on with her zeal. She enjoys her leisure hours in her cozy balcony garden and is passionate about home décor. Apart from reading and writing, music sooths and gives solace to her weary mind.

 

2.     Our readers would love to know about your recently published book. Would you like to share the theme and overall contents of the book?

‘Flashback, A Few pages from my Diary’ is a sequence of events woven by vibrant beads of various forms of poetry writing. It is a collection of memoirs, where the mind speaks and the ink portrays.  ‘Flashback, A Few Pages from My Diary’ is an explicit version of feelings that I myself, came across while journeying through various phases of life. Each piece nurtures a vision of a particular occasion embedded deep in my heart. The theme of the book is mainly recollection, remembrance and looking back. The events and incidents from childhood to adulthood, that had an everlasting impression and touched my soul deeply, have been encapsulated in a few stanzas in the form of verse and passages in the form of prose. The book is an ornamentation of reminiscences and paints passion in verse and cadence.

‘I write because it gives solace to my soul,

Portray my emotion,

Vent to those hidden feelings, a notion.’  - Rupali.

 

3.   Please tell us about your achievements.

My achievements are as follows: Award of Commendation

1.      Accolades – Certificates received for writing Poetic Quotes, Short Poetries and also one of the winners in Photo Poetry Contests.

Awarded on all categories [first, second, third, Jury’s Award and special mention] on National and International forum for participating on various forms of poetry writing contests conducted by ‘KONECT E – ZINE’, [Connecting the Literary World]  ‘World of Poets and Authors’.

 

2.      Certificate of Publication received :

Co-author of two anthologies ‘Fortitude: Heroes of Pandemic’ and ‘Daastaan : Tales of the Inanimate’ published by Spectrum of Thoughts. [Both paperback and ebook are available on Amazon.in ]

 

3.      Memento – Trophy, Medal Certificate received :

‘Literoma International Symposium on Literature & Festival’, 2020 [ ISLAF’20] and on ‘Culture Flash’- International Magazine, her creative flair pops up frequently.

 

4.      Photography – Published : 

‘The Telegraph’ –t2 CLICK, January 2022 featured one of her captures from the realm of nature.

5.     Empanelled Author: Tagore and Romance – A Classic Compendium Featured her write-up ‘  The Bard of Bengal - Romance and Renaissance’

[To be launched at Tagore Lit Fest, 15^th May 2022.]

6.     Articles Published in The Times of India [ NIE edition]

7.     ‘Borderless Journal’ – Published her travelogue, “Of Palaces and Restorations” and poem, ‘Euphoria in a Tea Garden’

8.     Team Member of Digital, Graphic Novel ‘Only one Earth – Handle with care’ a CBSE initiative – Certificate Received.

9.     YouTube channel ‘Passion’ - Few of her poetry recitals,   Kobita Collage

 have been uploaded on her YouTube Channel.

10.                        Drama - Enacting on stage, as a part of a group theatre and Audio Drama keep’s her in high spirits.

11.                         BCL - CERTIFICATE RECEIVED from British Council, International Dimension in Schools – Supporting the Integration of International learning in the curriculum.

12.                        Featured Author in Yearbook [2022] – WOMEN & EMOTIONS - Certificate and Medal received.

13.                         An Educator for more than 2 decades and CBSE BOARD EXAMINER for around 10 years.

14.                         In her workplace,  coordinator for ‘The Times of India’, Newspaper in Education [NIE] and during the virtual setting she worked as a team for the Editorial Board for the E-Magazine launched by her organization.

15.                         Tagore Honour Awardee – Organized by Literoma.

16.                         Published Author of a book, ‘ Flaskback, A Few pages from my Diary’ – to be launched on the 15^th of May, 2022.

4.   What inspired you to write travel poetry?

      I love to travel, to explore and have a zeal for photography. I used to pen down my travel experience in the form of poetry or prose, in my diary. I am always inspired by nature poets, used to read the works of the Romantics. The passion for travelling and reading inspired me to write travel poetry.

5.   Please share your experience with Literoma.

      My journey with Team Literoma was wonderful. The Team has always been very helpful and cooperative. I take this opportunity to thank Reetwika madam for being so supportive. It was really a great experience with Literoma.