Soliha- Grand Master Winner in Asia book of Records
Soliha is a young writer from the summer capital Srinagar. Her father is a hotelier and despite the business background she grew an interest in writing.
Soliha, is pursuing her master’s in English Literature. She started writing since the age of 15 and with the uneven spills of ink she has become the best of herself and there’s yet to come. A young writer from the summer capital Srinagar who has already won awards from India’s world records and India’s book of records has now won the title of Grand Master in Asia book of records for her book Zoon-The heart of Habba Khatoon. “I feel happy that my work is being acknowledged at such platforms and getting Asia book of records awards after India’s World Records and India Book of Records is a big achievement,” she said. “My first book was ‘In The Lawn of Dark’ in which there are hundreds of motivational and inspirational quotes. The motive behind writing, this book was just to motivate and inspire the young generation of J&K,” she said. “My second book ‘Obsolete’ was published last year. The book is multi-dimensional and almost every issue of the society has been touched in it,” she said, adding that the book describes the various fields of the society and can be a great inspiration for the budding young generation. “My art of the poetry has been to portray the numerous evils and exterminate them by making people conscious and aware about the ill effects of our society so that we can jointly eradicate social evils,” she said.
Soliha said her third book “Zoon” is a compilation of poems whose theme is the pain of Habba Khatoon. “I’ve tried to pen her pain in my words as no writer can match her perfection, all can just try and that’s what I’ve done,” she said. “I hope this book will make all of us realize her pain and will reveal the life to our young people.” “This book will make our young generation understand the Kashmiri literature and I hope this will ignite a ray of reading and writing in them, Soliha said, “adding that our youth are very much talented but most of them are wasting it just for fame.” “My message to the youth of J&K will be just to not to go after fame but know about your culture, traditions, and language and don’t become modernized at the cost of losing your own culture and identity.
