Sheeba Sultan’s Daldal Ke Paar narration enthralls Readers Club

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi 
(Pakistan News & Features Services) 

Sheeba Sultan’s mesmerized the audience by having narrated a few chapters of her book ‘Daldal Ke Paar’ in the weekly meeting of The Readers Club at the Defence Authority Club on April 5.

The young author has touched upon some of the burning issues in her book of short stories, written in Urdu, in a very impressive manner and it’s deemed to be one of those books whose content could be expanded as well as dramatized. 

Sheeba Rose Sultan, currently pursuing Masters in Science (Applied Linguistics) from the NED University, holds Masters in English Linguistics from the University of Karachi and Masters in Religious Studies from the Malaysian Theological Seminary. 

Having been associated with reputable private sector educational institutions since 2005, she has provided mentoring and consultation to trainee teachers since 2005.

Her work experience also includes the heading of O Levels private schools since the past couple of years.

While speaking at length to explain why she had dedicated the book to her maternal grandmother with whom she had very close affiliation for a long period of time, she also threw light on the virtues of having a close-knit family which made her own life very comfortable and thoroughly pleasing.

In her book, published by Academy Bazyaft, one of the stories related to the blues of social media and the changes it has brought about in the character and temperament of the people in the society, particularly among the young generation. 

The interactive session was immensely enlightening as the worthy members of The Readers Club came up with interesting queries which ensued healthy discussion. 

Sheeba Sultan, who regretted the lack of reading habits among the youngsters, was pleased with the response of the audience, comprising mostly of senior citizens, who lavishly praised her book. 

Sabuha Khan, Chairperson of The Readers Club, also lauded the enthusiastic young author for having enlivened the proceedings for more than hour and a half. 

Founded in 2001, The Readers Club, registered as The Readers Club Foundation under the Trust Act of 1882 as a non-profit organization, pursues the objective of promoting reading culture in Pakistan. Barring gazette holidays, it meets every Thursday with one attendee reviewing a book that he or she has read. The format for weekly meetings has remained consistent and every week there is a 60-minute book presentation followed by 30 minutes of interactive session.