“Each soul that writes, has the right to get published,” so believes and endorses Mrs. Meena Mishra, the Founder
and CEO of The Impish Lass Publishing House, Mumbai. Through her immense
contribution in the field of writing and publishing, armed with a hardworking
and meticulous team she has instilled courage and confidence in her writers
through these thought provoking words, "If
you have a dream, don't just sit there, gather courage to believe that you can
succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality."
The dreams
of many writers have been realised through the 2nd Anniversary Celebrations, a
testimony to the fact that no pandemic can deter her from achieving her goal of
helping more and more writers publish their work.
This was followed by the
traditional 'lamp lighting’ and ‘Ganesha Stuti’ by Ms. Rachana Kulshrestha to
declare the event open on an auspicious note. A warm welcome was then extended
by Mrs. Meena Mishra to each and everyone present, in her inimitable style. She
spoke about her dreams and passion about supporting writers and helping them
publish their work and thanked everyone profusely for having faith in her and
helping her achieve her goal of making publishing possible for more and more
schools and writers at an affordable
rate.
The stage was then set
for the book launches interspersed with a variety of cultural programs, some
magical and some musical. The in-house performers who got an opportunity to
showcase their talent were Zubair Shaikh, Sangeeta Mishra, Bhagvati Ramakrishnan,
Kshiraja Iyer, Divya Venkateswaran, Rachna Kulshrestha and Darsh Venkateswaran.
Each one presented their individual items ranging from ghazals, medley of film
songs to poetry recitation.
While people were swaying
in the fervour of these performances, enlightening and motivation talks were
rendered through ‘a rendezvous of several talented people with the publisher’ Raunak Sharan, Dr. Bishakha Sarma,
Dr.Aparna Bagwe, Princess Lubna, Ruchika Rastogi, Dikshit Kothari, Rohit Katke
and Meghal Walendra, which proved to be
an eye-opener giving the audience insights into the challenges faced.
The much awaited “Book Launch Ceremony” wherein 13 books were
launched by esteemed authors and editors, was the highlight of the event.
The books launched during
the grand event were :
a) “Dreams and
Dreamlessness” by Maini Mahanta, Kavyashree
Mahanta and Amrtijyoti Mahanta.
b) “Sixteen drops of Ink” of Praniti Gulyani by Meena Mishra
c) “The Young Bards :
Book 5” by Shubha Sagar
d) “Cascades : The Young
Bards Book 6” by Naghma Shaikh.
e) “Mumbai Meri Jaan” by
Somnath Sinha
f) “Colour My World
Green” by NeetiParti
g) “Mom’s the Word” by
Abhinandan Bhattacharya
h) “Khatti Meethi Battiyan”
by Madhu Jaiswal
i) “Failure: A brick in
the castle of success ” by Shruti Bhardwaj
j) “Rumour Has It” by
Yutika Bhansali
k) “Entwined : A Tryst
With My Heart by” by Sarina Annabelle
l) “Pressure Creates
Diamonds” by Anupma Diddi
m) “Dating After Death”
by Shubha Sagar and Rachana Kulshrestha
The moment of pride of
launching their books was heightened by a heartwarming address by the
respective editors of the books, wherein they shared about their experiences
with their writers and thanked them for their worthy contributions.
Entire programme was
carefully recorded by the in-house media team comprising Vishwas Vaidya,
Ruchika Rastogi and Sujatha Sairam .
The event concluded with
a vote of thanks by the long time Executive Editor of ‘TILPH”, S. Krishna
Kumar, who beautifully wove a story around the names of all the books that were
launched. He thanked everyone for their support and wished the Publishing
House, the editors and writers, the very best.
“Impish Lass is not
about any one person’s dreams and aspirations, it is about all the writers,
irrespective of age, gender or genre and their right to get published. A
platform for all those who wish to write and get their work published,
specially the students and educators , addressed as ‘The Young Bards,’ and turn
their dream of becoming writers into a reality,” said the CEO.
“I wanted to get
published and was intimidated by the hefty fees charged by other publishing
houses. The Impish Lass Publishing House made my dream come true at such a
tender age through their traditional publishing project and I am the youngest
published author for Impish Lass today,” said Praniti Gulyani, a grade 10
student from DPS R.K.Puram, New Delhi.
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