Kashmiri Calligraphy Old is gold: Kashmiri girl wants to preserve traditional art of calligraphy
Srinagar: A Kashmiri girl wants to preserve the age-old traditional Kashmiri art of calligraphy even at this time when the world is busy typing on keyboard or on their smartphones.
Saima Bhat of Srinagar always preserved a deep interest in the art since her childhood days.
A student of Kashmir University, Bhat took up the art of learning calligraphy when her parents wanted her to study medicine.
“My family wanted me to pursue medical studies while I wanted to learn calligraphy. After my higher education from Kashmir University, I took up the Urdu calligraphy course in the Art, Culture and Languages academy, which is a government institute in Srinagar,” Bhat told The Singapore Post.
“During my training period, I was offered various jobs including teaching opportunity at World Foundation. Currently, I am training school children,” she added.
Calligraphic Instructor at Cultural Academy, Abdul Salaam Qausari told the nws portal, “Saima was very keen to learn the art and her excellence helped her to get various opportunities during the training.”
Image: Wikimedia Commons
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