Sheikh Nadeem
Bisma Ayoub is a 24-year-old woman from Srinagar, Kashmir who is also an award-winning author. She has, previously with her mesmerising words and poetry, received huge appreciation and name in the valley.
With her first book, Ayoub made an entry in India Book Of Records, India’s World Record, Profile of International Talents and Intellectuals and India’s Top 100 Authors etc.
Bisma Ayoub started her writing journey in the year 2013 and never looked back. She explored herself and says that she believes in learning. Her books ‘The Creative Minds’ and ‘Mukhtasar (A short journey of pain)’ received much love and appreciation.
She is also the founder of an NGO, Sha’Ma (from darkness to light), where she worked for the welfare of needy families, mostly during the times of Covid-19. Bisma Ayoub, along with her sister Yusra Ayoub, distributed free food kits in the valley.
Bisma Ayoub is, now, back with her third book ‘Fail Fall Fly’ (Faith over Failure). Bisma talked to The Kashmiriyat about the book and the motive behind writing this book. Here’s what she had to say:
“We, as humans, are looking for a perfect life or some are trying harder to make it perfect. But we are not ready to accept the fact that life is imperfect. So, no matter how much you edit a picture, how much you alter your clothes, how much you try to look good, how much you correct your captions, life is still going to be imperfect. The fact is editing or making something better is not the problem but making imperfection look like a problem is a problem.”
“We are so much into perfections that when something happens out of our plan we start getting anxious, we are not ready to accept ourselves in our real version. We are slowly losing the essence of raw and real,” she added.
Ayoub said that this book was just a quick reminder “to all of us that no matter how imperfect life is going to be, start accepting it with all your heart. Start letting go rather than holding on. Live your life with perfection in imperfections. We face rejection, heartbreaks, our loved ones die, we end relations, we end friendships, we do everything or may be all this happens to us intentionally or unintentionally but remember to love yourself with all failures.”
She said that the book was filled with some lessons that either one relates to or makes someone else relate to those lessons. But these lessons are something we all go through in our lives at some point of time, she said, adding, “So by the time you read them out, remember ‘With each passing day we fail, we fall and we fly.”
“Life is too short to hold on to something which is going to have no return. Enjoy your stay and spread love and peace,” Bisma concluded.