Srinagar: Sub district Tral continues to shine as 12 years old Touyiba Binti Javaid of Dadsara village has authored her debut novel.
The novel titled as ‘Luna Spark & The Future Telling Clock’ is financed by J & K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages.
Her father is a dentist and mother a senior assistant professor in History. According to reports Touyiba had the flair for writing since early childhood.
She became one of the youngest authors of the Kashmir with the publishing of this book.
Touyiba is presently a class 7 student at DPS Srinagar, and has interest in writing stories and poems.
She said that her book ‘Luna Spark’ is based on imagination, and characters in her book (novel) are actually cats with different names. Inspired by Geronimo Stilton and her grandfather , Taouyiba has thanked them wholeheartedly for their role in fulfilling her dreams.
Her work has been acknowledged in the academic circles.
“At just 11, such an attempt is praiseworthy. I am really glad she had a flair for writing. What I liked the most is the shape of sentences a clarity of this sort is admirable. Though she has a long way to go but her short and crisp lines convey a lot about her. The plot, the sequence ,the scene, the story, everything else comes later.(writes Greater Kashmir columnist Aijaz ul Haq)
“A commendable attempt, the budding author takes children to an adventurous land with a remarkable imaginative power at a young age of 12. Aijaz Ashraf wani Author of ” What Happened to Governance in kashmir?” oxford University press writes.
While giving message to aspiring writers, she said that every writer should write with full confidence & fervor to chase the dreams.
It is pertinent to mention here, Touyiba has written many poems so far, which are yet to be published.
Her parents while talking to media expressed happiness and said that they would help their daughter in each and every phase of life to get her dreams fulfilled. (CNS)
