The 11-year-old girl named Adeeba from Anantnag in South Kashmir has become the youngest author from the union territory to publish her book, Zeal of Pen. The seventh class student wrote the book in 11 days.
Youngest author from Kashmir
Written by: Team GI
Published on 06, Sep 2022
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