Growing up, Debleena wanted to be both an archaeologist and a mathematician. She loved both words and numbers. Today, she finds herself immersed in both the worlds, storytelling, her raft, to bridge both the shores.

She has worked for over twenty years years in leadership roles across global firms. She co-founded a firm called Kahaniyah that uses data-based storytelling to drive impact. She also helped build a platform for children to prepare for open schooling certification.

She contributes articles on Education and on mergers for Economic Times Prime. Her articles have been published in ET, Huffington Post, India Development Review, Business Insider, Your Story etc. One of her short stories for children got included in an ICSE reader. Her stories have been published online in portals like Juggernaut, Spark magazine etc.

Her crime novel, A Marketplace for Murder, was represented by The BookBakers and published by Vishwakarma Publications in 2019. This is a whydunit thriller that questions the very idea of murder in the age of fragile digital identities. Her latest book is Sabu, the remarkable story of India's first Hollywood actor. This was published by Locksley Hall and represented by The BookBakers.

Debleena has also written plays which have been performed in Bangalore in theatre spaces such as Jagriti and Atta Galatta. She loves singing and when she forgets the real lyrics, she makes up her own. Humor is her forever panacea.