Journalism of Courage
Ten-year-old Tanya Chatterjee is a voracious reader,bharatnatyam dancer and painting enthusiast. She also happens to be an author of a recently published book
“It all started as a gift idea for her teachers,” says Adity Chatterjee. “Tanya asked me to get her stories published. She wanted to gift copies of it to all her teachers at Gulledge Elementary School,Texas.” Chatterjee is the mother of 10-year-old Tanya,who has just finished a book titled Adventures of Dara ,a compilation of short stories about a lovable elephant named Dara. The book is now available on amazon.com as a kindle version. “I write down whatever I imagine. I like to write stories about adventure,ghosts,animals and different places. I don’t like to read or write stories that make me sad,” says Tanya.
Tanya began exploring her authorial talents at the tender age of five,and believes she inherited the flare for writing from her grandparents,who are authors of business management books. “I started writing stories when once we were vacationing in the Himalayas. I wrote about the places we visited and also a story about a farmer who turns into a giant,which I had imagined along the way, says Tanya. “My little brother,Ishan,loves to listen to me tell him stories about elephants. This is why I chose Dara,the elephant,as the main charater of my book. In the book,Dara teaches people to listen to their parents,not to touch other people’s things and other morals, she adds.
Tanya is now writing a novel for children,about a family that is on an isolated and haunted island and the adventures that they have there. It should be ready for publication in a few months. “My daughter is a voracious reader. Give her a dollar and she will run to pick a book from the book store rather than buy anything else. She will be performing her arangetram in bharatnatyam soon and learns painting too. Being methodical,she has a habit of planning her work and therefore manages so many tasks,” says a proud Adity.
