The author is an alumnus of Sainik School Goalpara and an employee of ONGC. His father, who in spite of being one of the most promising sportspersons of Assam, could not make it to the Indian team. The author rst ful lled his father's dream of wearing the national tricolor jersey and then took to writing, which was always his rst love. Abhijit presently resides in Delhi along with his wife Priyanka and two daughters, Volley and Rithvi. All the 14 stories of Celebrate Life...! were conceived after the author shifted his base to Delhi in 2011.