Governor releases Hindi anthology by child prodigy Amana J Kumar

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot released the first book in the Hindi anthology, ‘Lafzon ki Mehfil’, of Amana J Kumar, a ninthstandard student of Bishop Cotton Girls’ School, in Raj Bhavan here. It is her third anthology to be published. Amana has completed a literature course on Masterpieces of World Literature from Harvard University.

Her first book ‘Echoes of Soulful Poems’ was released by the Education Minister, Govt of Karnataka in 2020, and her 2nd book ‘World amidst the Words’ was released by Gehlot in 2021. Her Books are available on Amazon, Flipkart, Kindle, Playstore and Evincepub. She has penned 400 poems in English and Hindi.

She started writing when she was in the 6th Std, and has now started writing in Kannada. Amana has records in her name. They are: India’s Youngest Po etess – ‘India Book of Records’; Grand Master – ‘Asia Book of Records’’; Kautilya Youngest Poetess of the Year Award – An award presented by the Governor of Goa.

Most Prolific Poet – ‘Noble Book of World Records’, for writing 337 poems from April 2020 to November 2021 under various themes. Youngest Poetess– entered in 'World Record University'. Youngest to Publish Poetry Books in Consecutive Years – ‘Golden Book of World Records’.