Personification of women seeking their voice in a male dominated society. In her childhood books turned out to be her oxygen and she soon became an ardent reader of history, religion and fiction. She write her first Urdu poem in 11th standard. She currently works as a teacher and has completed her Post graduation in history and is also an M.Ed. In 2014, she was awarded, Akbar Jaipuri Memorial Award for her contribution to Urdu poetry & in 2017 Sahitya Academy awarded her the Yuva Puraskar for her Kashmiri poetry collection Zard Paneki Dair. Nighat Sahiba’s Urdu and Kashmiri poems have also been published in many prestigious literary magazines of the world.