Aashisha Chakraborty

Aashisha Chakraborty, bestselling author and Write India winner, writes novels and articles featured in top publications. An avid traveler and MBA from IIFT, she blogs at 'The Mind Bin.'

on Jul 03, 2024

Aashisha Chakraborty is a PM-YUVA author and Write India winner whose bestseller debut novel - Mis(s)adventures of a Salesgirl by Rupa Publications is loosely based on her experiences as a sales manager. Her second book is a work of historical fiction with National Book Trust, titled The 13-year-old Queen and Her Inherited Destiny launched at the World Book Fair by Nobel Laureate, Annie Ernaux and exhibited at the book fairs in Seoul, London, and Abu Dhabi. A guest speaker at the British Council, she has written for various Readomania anthologies (Readomania Premium short stories) and e-books by Women’s Web and InsideIIM. Her articles have appeared in The Hindu, The Times of India, SheThePeople, The Corporate Citizen, CSR Universe, Sakshi Post and so on. She was one of the winners of Kaafiya, the Delhi Poetry Festival. A compulsive reader, a Visharad in Kathak and an avid traveller (visited 25+ countries), she is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi and a computer engineer from Jamia Millia Islamia. She has also modeled for a German photographer and likes to blog on her online diary of sorts - ‘The Mind Bin’.