SHOUT sat down with Zareen to hear about her life, her experiences, and her reaction to winning the award through her undergraduate thesis.
Zareen Tasneem Sharif is the first Bangladeshi to achieve this feat, aka the 'Junior Nobel'.
"She was just living her ordinary, mundane life when she lost her Childhood Capsule."
Something was ominous about the way the doorbell rang. Not that the one who pressed it was bringing bad luck, but the other side seemed menacing for the one who waited at the door.
Talking about the weather is a polite way of starting a conversation with an absolute stranger. But sometimes, there are people who actually forget that the weather was what initialised the conversation and that they can actually move on to other topics.
It has been two years since I, a naive, aspiring soul, had applied for the post of the manager of this famous writer.
Eyes closed, with a breath of ice, Her fingers glide upon the ivory keys.
When there's a new member in our squad or at work, we have an innate tendency to think that the newbie will adjust to the new bubble all by themselves.
At first, I would like to subtly point out the physical and mental pain I had to go through to address you all. In my head, I sighed, grumbled. My brain cells felt ambushed, my nerves were twitching anxiously.
While you may have started the day listening to your favourite jam and are probably enjoying one as you read this, let some basic music genres define you.
I appear like red smoke, Annihilating your senses, smothering your gaze.
There is one sad but mighty word in the dictionary of our daily lives though all that it does is tear up the pages of that dictionary: Exams. Sadly, all of us have to face this catastrophe once or twice or a thousand times in our lives. So brace yourselves for the odd encounters with the following people:
Under the neon city lights I stand, Among the mass of people who never notice me.
Don't get me wrong. I'm sure you've never had any embarrassing experiences in your life, especially in school. I mean school is the most neutral, peaceful, and safe place in the world. So why would you ever have to go through humiliating situations there, right?