Nikasha Luthra is a sixteen-year old tenth grader from Chandigarh. She’s been learning theatre since she was seven. As an ardent lover of the stage, she is constantly fascinated by the magical world of stories, poems, and plays. Apart from writing, Nikasha spends her time on film making and video- editing. She has acted in many full-length plays and hosted multiple literary events. She loves reading and exploring different genres including romance and fantasy. She is an avid traveler and likes to capture the essence of the world through her camera’slens. Nikasha Luthra has a way with words and she uses them most effectively in DARK TULIP. Her voice is straightforward and unadorned, with love and pain and healing the main subjects of her poems. After reading through, I find her poems often have the richness and the direct quality of a child speaking. –Jayanta Mahapatra (Sahitya Academy Awardee)
