Nemrah Ahmed
Nemrah ahmed (also known as nimra ahmed or nemrah niazi) is a young pakistani novelist. A simple article should start like this to describe any writer, but when we talk about Nemrah Ahmed, it is totally opposite. At the tender age of 21, she has become the most popular, most discussed and somewhat controversial young novelist in the world of Urdu digests (Khawateen digest etc). This article throws ample light on her achievements as well as her failures so far in the literary world of Urdu literature.
Just like stars on the galaxy, or rain drops falling from the infinite sky or uncountable grains of sand present out there, can be logically compared with the diversity, vastness of subject, metaphorical style, foregrounding of high degree and almost use of all such literary devices can be found in Nemrah's writing. A magician with the words, words play in her hand, topics feel honored to be chosen by her- this is Nemrah Ahmed and her novels. I've just started to open the Pandora box of her creative writing, just a few little things jumping out of it.
Whether it is, "Pareeshay" of "Karakuram Ka Taj Mehal" or "Mehmil" of her latest novel "Musha'f," there is always a treat for her fans to cherish on. Her writing style is research biased and well-sort out. In "Baili Rajputan Ki Malika," she takes us to the strange world before partition of sub-continent, this peculiar setting of the novel demands high literary skills to do justice to it, and she successfully achieves it. On the contrary, "Pahari Ka Qaidi," which is a short fiction by her, depicts the injustice in the justice department of pakistan- her foreground of, " Pahari Ka Qaidi (Man Captured In Mountains)," has a lovely moral that no matter how hard the tyrant may come at you, one day you will strive back and win your freedom. This novel was a realistic picture of the political unrest of pakistan prevailing at that time. What a stunning achievement by this young writer!
In "Mereay Khawab Meray Jugnu," her style is somewhat under lot of criticism. This was her earlier novels, and many flaws and occasional mistakes were rightly expected. However, the story is awesome and the love of two sisters for one man turns out to be a triumph eventually. It was a great success as well, although her later novels increased her fan strength to a much larger number. Nemrah's fans happily agree on calling, " Karakuram Ka Taj Mehal," as her top and number one novel so far. This sensational novel is based on mountain climbing, and her characters are artistically woven into action, dialogues are crispy,story is breathtaking, style is topnotch all the way. The ending was a little on the low side as compared to the overall quality of the novel, and Nemrah herself admitted that she could not end this novel as she'd prefer to. Overall, it was a major hit and is published in book form as well. Nemrah Ahmed is making a marvelous literary recovery in her latest novel, "Mushaa'f," a novel which is one of its open kind. It is written on the sensitive issue of understanding and interpreting the Holy Quran. This novel takes us on an emotional roller coaster.
Most critics and few readers talk about the controversial issues of Nemrah as well. For instance, she uses plagerised themes and mostly from the English literature, her immature characterization, and above all, her loose grip on plot construction. To be honest, this criticism in not fake at all; she has many literary issues right now and she needs to learn a lot, improve her research as well as her writing style, which at times looks childlike. Nemrah is on a learning curve of time, with more experience, she should be able to write better enough to satisfy all her critics. One another major issue is her mysterious attitude. Nemrah dislikes to publish her picture or any contact number, even her e-mail is not available- many of her fans are curious, and some of her adversaries are bored of this stern attitude. I hope, she will care for her fans and be a little more open and frank toward them, since any writer is a public property, whether he or she likes it or not.
Conclusively, there is a little doubt that the future of Urdu literature belongs to writers like Nemrah Ahmed, and that future is very near. The way to success is carrying her on and on to literary grounds of immense fame and popularity.
