Srinagar: Rehana Nazir, a 20 years old girl from Hajibal Kothipora Distt Budgam

Srinagar. Rehana’s love for art began at a young .Rehana said in a conversation with reporter said that i was fond of art and craft from my childhood, i loved to be creative and used to make handmade things as they were i made out of love.She said that young people are showing interest in this art and she wanted to take this forward.

In 2020, when COVID19 pandemic broke out in the World, Rehana came to the Calligraphy field and this was her First time to make Calligraphy and spend more time and got much interest in doing so.
Since then she never looked back and today she is known for her art.She is not letting her studies get effected. She studies and makes Calligraphic art at same time.Then she started uploading calligraphy design on social media which gets popular as well people show interest in buying them, This has come as surprize for her as she never expected that she would get such a response.
She makes Calligraphy with the help of Hamp, Ahar papers and pens made of bamboo. She scribbles Quranic verses, Names etc on it.
Her Family member especially,her parents are now supporting her. She had never imagined she would do what she is doing currently and what has come a surprize is people liking it.

“I feel peace when i wrote Allah’s name and quran verses in Calligraphy and i want to live old Kashmiri Tradition in the field of Calligraphy. I am very happy people are buying my Calligraphy work or like it.I received number of order from different Parts of India and now i wants my work can go across the world,” she added.

According to the Archaeological Survey, scholar Sharaf-ud-din Bulbul Shah introduced calligraphy to Kashmir in 14th century. During that period, calligraphers had attained the great positions in the Mughal court and shared an engrossing relation with Kashmir