Aabha Vatsa Midha

Aabha Vatsa is a Poet, Author, Blogger and an ex-teacher based in Faridabad.
She grew up in Bamrauli, Allahabad in CATC (Civil Aviation Training Centre) in a cosmopolitan environment in the self-sufficient colony where her father was posted.
She studied in the famous St Mary’s school and later in Kendriya Vidyalaya Manauri, Allahabad.
At the age of 12, she travelled to Zambia as her father was deputed in Mongu, and went on to complete her schooling, passing out from Senior Cambridge.
She joined Punjab University to pursue her Masters in Chemistry. A few years later she did her B.ed from Annamalai University. She taught in reputed schools of Delhi and Faridabad and later gave up teaching to raise her daughters.
In 2010, she started a blog called DAFFODILS, and thus began her journey as a writer.
In 2012, she became a Shiva devotee and had a desire to go on a pilgrimage to Amarnath cave in Jammu and Kashmir. She chronicled her pilgrimage with her first published book, a Travelogue, titled Barfani Baba, To Amarnath Happily in 2013.
In 2014, when her mother was unconscious on her deathbed in ICU, she poured her anguish by posting a poem.’Roothi Ma’. A poetry group noticed this poem, and they invited her to join the team. She joined, and thus began her journey as a poet and writer.
In 2015, she published six poetry books.
In 2017, she published two more poetry books and her first work of fiction, a collection of short stories titled, MONSOON MUSINGS.
Besides this, she has contributed to more than ten national and international anthologies, including those on Kamla Das and late Dr Abdul Kalam.
Her poems have also been published in various national and international journals/ezines.
She recently hosted the Faridabad chapter of the Global Poetry event, 100 000 Poets for Change.
She participated in the International poetry event, hosted by the PENTASI B group, held in Hyderabad in October 2017.
She is currently working on her poetry books to be published in February 2018.
She has been bestowed with awards for her writings.
She is spiritually inclined, and a quintessential student of life. She is a die-hard optimist and believes in the power of the written word. Her life mantra is Karma.
She is currently the President of the Facebook group ‘Asian Literary Society’.