Sayani Mukherjee is a poet hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post graduation degree in English literature from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts. Sayani was born in Chandannagar in a family of academic pursuit. As for her poetic inspiration she holds Emily Dickinson and German poet Rainer Maria Rilke in the highest esteem. Recently her debut poetry collection ''ODE TO MERAKI'' got published by Authorspress, New Delhi.