Kashmir: Doctor gives wings to writer in her

While, the theme of her book centres around Kashmir, it touches universal divines too.

Speaking of her journey of writing this book, she said, “It took me six months to write it and I did it, while I was working as a pathologist in a government hospital of Delhi. I used to write in the evening.”

Shafi said that finding a publisher was troublesome, therefore, she published the book on her own.

Shafi’s family had always encouraged her for pursuing writing as a career and publishing a book.

“My family encouraged me a lot to publish a book. I never thought of doing so. I used to write to release my tension in difficult situation, like a process of catharsis”, she said.

Shafi said that the money earned from the book would be used for cancer and mentally ill patients in Kashmir.

Manan Shah, Shafi’s husband said, “While, working in Delhi, we both connected to the cancer patients there. Since, Saba was good with literature, the idea of publishing a book and using the money of cancer and mental health patients in Kashmir came up.”