Pen becomes voice for DU science student
Poem written by Priya Verma
By Smriti Goyal
NEW DELHI: Sometimes when voice is suppressed under stereotypical beliefs, one needs to hold a pen to transform it into words. And that’s how one becomes a writer.Priya Verma, a 19-year-oldsecond-year student of Medical Biotechnology at the Delhi University , is an inspiration for many as she followed her passion, and today she enlightens the world with her thoughts and charm of her pen.
She is a native of Bettiah, Bihar, and had completed herschooling at St. Mary’s English Medium School , Bettiah. It was just for the college that she went to Delhi. She studies medical sciences but loves to learn literature. She is a writer and her writings and quotes have been uploaded on Google . This is quite a big achievement at such a tender age.
Priya shared her journey that instead of being a science student, how she developed a love for literature and came into writing. She said that she was always into literature from her school days itself but never got the courage to say this to her parents.
“There was a lot of pressure from my family to go for science which never allowed me to speak my desire,” said Priya.
Sharing one of her incidents Priya said that once she asked her father about girls being subjected as untouchables during their menstrual. Just after she asked, her mother took her to the room and scolded her for talking about it in front of her father. She said that this was the incident that forced her to pick up a pen and a diary to write down what she felt.
“I started to pen down each and everything I felt about life and society because there was nobody to listen,” said Priya. One of Priya Verma's piece of writing.
Priya feels that it was after she went to college she started reading her writings. Her professors like her pieces and were published every time in a college magazine. She continued her love for literature in the form of writing. Priya said that now when her parents read her thoughts, they are really proud of her.
She does not blame her parents for anything; rather, Priya says that it is a part of their growth. She concluded by saying, “The society needs to be changed and my pen works for it.”
(The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of TheTimes School of Media .)
NEW DELHI: Sometimes when voice is suppressed under stereotypical beliefs, one needs to hold a pen to transform it into words. And that’s how one becomes a writer.
She is a native of Bettiah, Bihar, and had completed her
Priya shared her journey that instead of being a science student, how she developed a love for literature and came into writing. She said that she was always into literature from her school days itself but never got the courage to say this to her parents.
“There was a lot of pressure from my family to go for science which never allowed me to speak my desire,” said Priya.
Sharing one of her incidents Priya said that once she asked her father about girls being subjected as untouchables during their menstrual. Just after she asked, her mother took her to the room and scolded her for talking about it in front of her father. She said that this was the incident that forced her to pick up a pen and a diary to write down what she felt.
“I started to pen down each and everything I felt about life and society because there was nobody to listen,” said Priya. One of Priya Verma's piece of writing.
Priya feels that it was after she went to college she started reading her writings. Her professors like her pieces and were published every time in a college magazine. She continued her love for literature in the form of writing. Priya said that now when her parents read her thoughts, they are really proud of her.
She does not blame her parents for anything; rather, Priya says that it is a part of their growth. She concluded by saying, “The society needs to be changed and my pen works for it.”
(The story first appeared in The Times of Bennett, the lab newspaper produced by the first semester students of The
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