EXIT INTERVIEW

by Amrita Mukherjee

  1. ISBN: 978-81-291-3500-1
  2. Pages: 316 pages
  3. Date: May 2015

ABOUT THIS BOOK

When the rebellious Rasha Roy leaves the comfort of her home to pursue a career in journalism, little does she know of the challenges that lie in her path. But she quickly discovers that life isn’t a bed of roses for young rookies—especially one with a mind of her own—despite her exceptional acumen for sniffing out stories. As she moves from one job to another—first in India and then in Dubai—trying to make herself heard, she realizes that the companies’ exit interviews are all a sham. Those three short lines on the interview form are not enough to sum up her struggles. She cannot write about the sexual harassment she has faced at the workplace, the promotions she has missed because of nepotism and the trouble she has landed in for a shocking exposé.
But a chance encounter with a young woman at a police station in Cairo leads Rasha to stumble on to the biggest story of her life. Will this be the big break that she has been looking for? Or will this story too, like so many of her others, be sent to an early grave?
Exit Interview is the captivating story of an ambitious young woman trying to find her place in an unforgiving world.

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

Born and raised in the charming city of Kolkata, Amrita Mukherjee’s formal education took off at South Point School, after which she graduated with a first class in sociology from Presidency College and topped it off with another first class in the masters programme from Calcutta University.
As a journalist, for the last fifteen years, she has been closely associated with the world of entertainment and Page 3 journalism, working with top publications like The Times of India and Hindustan Times in Kolkata, and was also the features editor at ITP Publishing Group in Dubai.
A strong believer in alternative journalism, she has been practising it, with good results, in her blog: www.amritaspeaks.com.
Presently, she is a media activist and freelance journalist, writing for Indian and international publications and websites.
This book is her first attempt at fiction writing.