When I came to Calcutta from Kakinara, where I was born and brought up, with my family in 1991, my father bought this house on Jatin Das Road. That?s where I have spent all my youth. I am a person who gets bothered by geographical shifts, so I don?t like to be uprooted from anywhere. So when I decided to buy my own home, my primary concern was to stay as close to the existing house as possible.

In our locality, all the old Bengali houses were being converted into multi-storeyed buildings, but at that point of time I didn?t have the money to buy apartments in those. About a year back, when the last standalone house in the lane was being built into a multi-storey, I bought an apartment in it.

This apartment is across the road from my previous home and overlooks my parents? living room and that?s what dictated my decision to buy it.

Another reason for buying it was that it?s on the first floor and since I hate elevators, that suits me fine. I can just run up and down the steps whenever I want, without having to use the elevator.

The interiors of my apartment wear a very minimalist look.

There?s only one thing I would like to change about the house and that?s the size of the bathrooms. I bought the ready flat and so was not involved in the planning process at all. But if I had a say, I would break down one of the three bedrooms and make the bathrooms bigger. Anyway, since I?m single and live alone, I don?t need three bedrooms.

My home gives me a sense of security. It?s my hideout that provides me the solace and privacy I always look for. Whenever I don?t feel like working or interacting with anyone I just hide myself in my home.