So if you’ve been enjoying Durjoy Datta‘s guest blogs as of late, you should pick up his new book, If It’s Not Forever, It’s Not Love, co-authored with Nikita Singh. I attended the Mumbai book launch/signing at Crossword, and found an adorably dimpled and unassumingly funny Durjoy on the other end!
First up, boy does this guy have fangirls. Getting to him for a quick word was difficult because the line of girls who wanted their books signed (and one for a friend, and one for another friend… not to mention 1-2 pictures to go along with it) was long and relentless. One girl even brought him a red rose; how cute!
Here’s what Durjoy has to say about his latest book:
“I have been writing for four years now and I don’t aim to change the world. But I do aim to make it a little better by putting across stories that bring a smile to people’s faces or make them feel good about them. This book is about a near-perfect relationship almost cut short by a senseless act of violence. It’s inspired from events that followed the Delhi High Court blasts. It’s a tribute to all those who lost their lives or their close ones that day. It is story about love, death and longing,”
We even spoke to Durjoy about his wacky titles, advice for writers and what he thinks about blogging for MissMalini. Here’s what he had to say: