21-yr-old self – taught sopore artist mesmerized people by her art

21-yr-old self – taught sopore artist mesmerized people by her art

Umar Sofi

Baramulla, 20 Aug : Baseerat jan, the budding calligrapher who hails from sopore area of North Kashmir’s baramulla district.

From securing a bachelor’s degree in science from jamia hamdard university, and now being a calligrapher and doing resin artwork also, Baseerat jan has truly come a long way.

Baseerat mainly does Arabic calligraphy. She used to make name, diwani style calligraphy but Arabic calligraphy is her main passion.

She started her journey by doing Arabic calligraphy in 2020. In between her busy schedule as a student, she finds time to portray the beauty of thoughts into art. A self-taught calligrapher, her initial days were quite difficult. But with time, her work got mature, and she is now able to do them faster and with perfect strokes .

She maintained, “I would like to say to all the people to show their talent, as extracurricular activities are equally important as academic studies and other work. I also request all the parents to support their children so that they can be recognized in various fields. ”

She said that,” the passion of calligraphy is not for income purpose, it is just to learn and write verses of Holy Quran as it takes me more closer to Allah”, Adding that, to make your parents and society proud, never hide your talent bring it out and work hard and one day your hard work will paid off.