Sharmin Ali | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 August 1988 |
| Occupation | Writer, Entrepreneur, Theatre Artiste |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | YOU (You Own Urself) |
| Website | |
| www.sharminali.com | |
Sharmin Ali is an author, professional speaker, entrepreneur and a theatre artiste. [1] Sharmin has written a book called ‘YOU (You Own Urself)’. An engineer by profession, she is the founder of two companies: YOUR-FIRST-BOOK & The ART-RIGHT-IS Company, a theatre production house from Bangalore, India.
Sharmin Ali was born on 8th August, 1988 in West Bengal, India. She pursued her schooling from schools all over the country and finally completed her schooling from Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram. As a child, Sharmin had a stammering problem. She overcame her speech defect and is a professional speaker today. [2][3] She graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from HKBK College of Engineering, Bangalore.
After completing her Engineering degree, Sharmin began her career working for a consulting firm.[4] Sharmin quit her corporate career soon to follow her passion for writing. Sharmin wrote her first book ‘YOU (You Own Urself)’ which is about getting to know oneself. Following her success as an author, she launched her first story-writing product ‘The Speedy-Story-Writing-Wagon’ and founded the Company ‘your-first-book.com’. [5] Sharmin is a theatre enthusiast and started her own production house ‘ART-RIGHT-IS’. She was called to speak about her success as part of the Talk at the Millionare Maker Seminar.[6]
Sharmin wrote her first book ‘YOU (You Own Urself)’ at the age of 24. YOU talks about her life and chronicles her journey as an entrepreneur. YOU was released in June, 2013. [7] YOU was launched on 26th June 2013 in Bangalore by Varun Agarwal and Siva Selvaraj at 1 MG Mall, Oxford Bookstore, Bangalore. [8] YOU narrates the story of her life from her struggle as a child with Speech Disfluency to the public speaker that she is today. She later launched YOUR-FIRST-BOOK, claimed to be a first of its kind story-writing product that provides training and guidance to those who want to start writing. The workshops help people in expressing themselves and get started with writing their first book. Sharmin is on a mission to create a thousand authors in the next three years and hopes to make a path-breaking contribution to the literary world.
Sharmin's first performance on stage was at the Alliance française, Bangalore. She started her own production house ART-RIGHT-IS.[9] She gathered a group of amateurs, professionals and theatre enthusiasts and formed the ART-RIGHT-IS Company.[10] The most famous shows by ART-RIGHT-IS include ‘Potli Baba Ki Paltan’ and ‘EREBUS- darkness personified’ which were showcased in Bangalore and received critical acclaim.[11][12]
● YOU (You Own Urself)
As a young author, Sharmin presents her perspective on knowing oneself. Quoted from the book the blurb goes: “A journey that encompasses four parts, from knowing about yourself to introspection, from getting inspired by the 'blabbering janta' to realizing your own secret destiny to freedom, Y.O.U talks about trespassing the status quo and breaking into a new world. [13] It is a road meant for each one of us suffering from a claustrophobic and nonchalant life that has led us astray. Get redirected on the right track and create history. It's high time you realized that this is your life and 'You Own Urself'!”. This non fiction book received critical acclaim as it went beyond a self-help book with Sharmin sharing her experiences. [14] It appeared in the list of bestsellers released by The New Indian Express on 4th February 2014.[15]
● Potli Baba Ki Paltan
Potli Baba Ki Paltan was staged On 1st May, 2014 at Rangoli Arts Center, MG Road.[16]
It was an interesting production performed by a group of amateurs, experts and theatre enthusiasts. For the first time, there was a combination of gurus and shishyas on stage, being directed by a group of both first-time and expert directors. It was a camaraderie of talent, passion and desire on stage. The show encompassed short sketches from various genres like comedy, drama, tragedy, etc. [17]
● EREBUS- Darkness Personified
EREBUS staged at the Rangoli Metro Arts Centre, MG Road on the 14th June, 2014.
It was a show based on the Greek mythology portraying several shades of the Greek God Erebus who personifies darkness. [18] The show describes itself as 'An orgasm that lasts for 70 minutes: Self-Hedonism and Paranoia!”
It was staged at the Rangoli Metro Arts Centre, MG Road on the 14th June, 2014.[19][20]
Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Delhi Public School alumni