Most literature for young people is composed by adults. This is not because the young lack the knowledge or the ability to express themselves or the will to. They simply lack the means.
Publishing has been and still involves the input of considerable resources which the young usually lack at their age. They are dependent on their elders who usually do not consider it worth their while to invest in initiatives where they feel returns are doubtful or non-existent.
In rare cases, a young person with the ability to express her thoughts in writing, cogently and in a readable manner, can generate the resources because of parental support, and her own will power, to publish her work and market it.
Devanshi Sharma is a rare breed of modern youngster, who in endowed with natural talent to narrate a good story, has a message to deliver to her teenage peers, has the...