Uzma Imtiyaz Akila Shaikh

India

I used to develop stories to lull my youngest sister to sleep (she always wanted something new every time!). I began writing poems for my friends on their birthdays, for my parents on Mother’s or Father’s day, etc. This entry is my first written story. I am Uzma Imtiyaz Shaikh, a science student who likes to imagine and introspect. I am the eldest of the three daughters of parents who continue to inspire and encourage us every day. I study Microbiology and Chemistry at Kishinchand Chellaram College, Churchgate and am an undergraduate researcher of the Jigyaasa Science Honors Programme under the UGC. Besides writing, I spend my leisure time drawing animal and insect figures; folding origami birds; building cardboard spaceships, fighter jets and tanks and reading fiction.