17/01/2026
Yesterday, the precious gift sent me by the team at Orange Publishers arrived home. It was my seventh book, titled 'The Goddess in Us.'
I sat for some time staring at it, not knowing how to react. The Publishers had packed each book with so much love and respect that I felt my eyes well with tears. They had taken as much care with the consignment, as they had taken with the production and publication of the book.
The team at Orange Publishers had been working with me, editing, proof reading, sending me the drafts for approval, over and over again, for the past eight months. Every detail was meticulously attended to. Every spelling, phrase, punctuation was reviewed and revised, until it was perfect. Pratyasha and Joyita, my friendly, professional, competent editors, and Rita, who communicated with me did, not rest until the whole book was as superlative as humanly possible.
Two wonderful authors Suja Sukumar, Writer, and Bijetri Roy have reviewed my book, and I am lost in admiration of their words, and the affirmation in them. My multi-talented, versatile student, Hitarthi Pandya is the creator of the cover page, which I find so entrancing that I can't stop gazing at it. I recommend her whole heartedly for any project anyone might need help with. Thank you, Hitarthi.
The font, the pages, the inside cover design, the attention paid to every physical detail of the book, makes it a work of art, by Orange Publishers.
And most importantly, I thank the owner of Orange Publishers, my first editor, whom I am privileged to call my friend, Biswapriyo Bandhopadhyay. He reached out to me, when I was floundering about trying to decide if my book should be published, or deleted completely. 'I can,' he said, 'we can.' I trusted him: he was my 'lender of the last reserve.'
And how richly he has repaid that trust!
Thank you, Biswa. You are the salt of the earth, in every sense of the words.
I am filled with gratitude for every process that came together to create this book.
Thank you, Rosemary Hinde, for seeing promise and possibility in the book. You sowed the first seeds of hope in my heart, about 'The Goddess in Us.'
If there are writers among you who are looking for publishers, I recommend Orange Publishers. You will not regret handing in your precious words into the capable hands of the team at Orange Publishers.
Thank you.
Have a blessed day.
