Affectionately called “Dillu” by family and friends, young Mrinalini Mukherjee, grew up in Dehradun where her mother worked at the Welham Boys School as a teacher, and spent her summers in Santiniketan visiting her father. Mrinalini’s childhood was spent between the verdant landscapes of the Himalayas and the scenic beauty of
Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan, steeped in creativity and surrounded by art.