Baramulla, Mar 9: A young writer from North Kashmir’s Baramulla district is working on a poetry trilogy that explores themes of solitude, memory, longing and personal reflection.
Nuhaa Zarger, a 23-year-old aspiring author, is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature (Honours) at Amity University, Noida. She completed her schooling at St. Joseph’s Higher Secondary School in Baramulla, where her interest in literature and language first began to take shape.
Zarger is presently working on a poetry trilogy, the first volume of which is titled Before the Light. The upcoming collection brings together poems that reflect moments of introspection and explore emotional landscapes shaped by solitude, memory, longing and the fragile spaces between love and loneliness.
Speaking to Kashmir Convener, Nuhaa said her journey into writing began with personal journaling, long before she began to think of poetry as a creative pursuit.
“Writing started as a way to capture passing thoughts and emotions,” she said. “Over time, those reflections gradually evolved into poems.”
According to her, writing has become a space for reflection and self-discovery where thoughts and emotions find expression through words. She believes poetry often emerges from quiet moments of contemplation, when questions linger and the mind searches for deeper meaning.
The poems in Before the Light, she said, were written during such reflective moments. Many of them attempt to capture fragments of contemplation, traces of emotional storms and experiences that often remain unspoken in everyday life.
Through her verses, readers may encounter reflections on solitude, the weight of memory and the subtle emotional landscapes that shape human experience.
Nuhaa said the collection is part of her broader literary journey and an ongoing effort to explore writing while continuing her academic studies in English literature.
She hopes the book will offer readers a space for shared contemplation and emotional connection.
“In a world that often moves quickly, poetry allows us to pause and reflect,” she said, adding that Before the Light seeks to capture those fragile moments of thought and feeling that exist just before clarity arrives.
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