Author: Antara Mukherjee

Antara Mukherjee is a full-time writer based out of Bangalore. She has done her M.A. in English Literature from the University of Calcutta and worked as a communication professional for several years until she found her calling in writing fiction. Her manuscript titled, 'Beyond our Births' is a literary fiction and is currently in the process of finding a home. Her work has been published in Muse India and she was shortlisted for the Helter Skelter Anthology of New Writing - Volume 7. She has co-written a play script which is under production by a theater group in Bangalore and she has already begun work on her second book.

The Return

Antara Mukherjee

In his ten years of life, Bonku had come to realize that his father despised him with a certain dedication. He was scolded often for not having enough friends, for being a favorite pick among the school bullies, for failing to be the class topper and for still sobbing for his mother at night. His weakness angered his father, and his anger humiliated him. That had linked them together somehow.