Know your Author: Tanushree

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Four girls. One uniform. One dream.

Set in the Officers’ Training Academy, this is the story –

Of Bijli Bijarnia aka Billi, the girl with feline grace and lightning-fast reflexes, determined to tear through the social taboos of Haryana hinterland from where she hails. She’s resolutely follows her dreams.

Of Lakmenlang Zyiem aka Lakme from Shillong, the optimistic law graduate who is the first Khasi girl to join the academy. Kind-hearted, she happily lends her shoulder to dejected cadets.



Of Shiny Joseph from Kottayam, who only joins the academy to be near her boyfriend but finds herself pitted against him more often than not. A brilliant engineer, she excels in whatever she decides to do.


Of Nutan Patil aka Nutty from Jalna, the mimic, the incurable romantic, the effervescent drama queen. The toughest of punishments cannot dampen the spirit of the perpetual prankster.

The Girls in Green is a story not only about soaring ambition and punishing military regimens but also about gratifying rewards and the joys of friendship. It is a hilarious story of youth, optimism, camaraderie and spirit.  

About the Author-

Tanushree Podder

Born at New Delhi, Tanushree worked in the corporate sector for eight long years before she quit the rat race to write. 

A well-known travel writer and novelist, she is passionate about travelling and writing. Climate change and environment are of special interest to her. Tanushree enjoys writing in different genres. This has led to her writing in historical, crime, and military genres.

She has written fifteen novels. Among her books are Nurjahan’s Daughter, Boots Belts Berets, On the Double, Escape from Harem, Solo in Singapore, A Closetful of Skeletons, Before you Breathe, No Margin for Error and The Teenage Diary of Laxmibai, The Girls in Green, Spooky Stories and An Invitation to Die.

Decoding the Feronia Files, written by her, is the first Indian Cli Fi thriller. 

Two of her books, Boots Belts Berets and The Girls in Green, are soon to be adapted into web series.

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