When an Educator turns into an Entrepreneur for making a difference in the lives of budding writers and poets nothing can stop her from fulfilling her vision of-
EACH SOUL THAT WRITES HAS THE RIGHT TO GET PUBLISHED.
Three years back when she published her first autobiographical book, “The Impish Lass,” she realized how these so called self-publishing houses charge exorbitantly and an author is left with no choice but to agree to all the terms and conditions laid down by them. She was furious when she saw her book in print . The paper quality was pathetic. Typesetting was terrible and overall it was a disaster. The content was appreciated by the readers and it received a 4.5 star rating on amazon.in with raving reviews from people across the country inspite of its poor quality print.
The first thing that crossed her mind was to have her own publishing house one day and provide a platform to the people across the globe who want to get published but hesitate due to the expenses involved in it.
The Impish Lass Publishing House have been successful in providing a platform to more than 500 writers, poets and professionals from various fields to publish their articles, poems and stories in the anthologies published under their banner. Their anthologies are unique as they don’t deal with regular theme of love and lust instead they deal with the social issues like environmental issues, healthcare nee ds, protecting farmers, saving girl child, societal discrimination and inequality, employer-employee relationship, gratitude, epistles, travelogue, entrepreneurship, patriotism, life of soldiers and lot more
The Impish Lass Publishing House has successfully published 30 books in a year’s time including the books published for poets living in UK and US.
Some of their projects are-
The Young Bards Project :
It’s a pilot project of The Impish Lass Publishing House that aims at developing in the young minds a revived interest for arts and literature by publishing the articles of students and educators whose creative work have never seen the day of light .This is a free publishing project for schools where in the cost of the entire publishing process is borne by the publishing house. They have successfully published the articles, poems and stories written by the students of India as well as UAE under this project.
Some of the Anthologies Published by Them:
- Meticulous Men of Mettle is a breakthrough anthology with a unique theme, where Men are given platform to voice their plight. Yes! Believe it or not! Men too have their own pains which we are oblivious of due to various reasons and one amongst them is the societal pre-impose thought of “Men never cry” and this is what makes them look dry .This book mirrors the “Portraits of Men’s World”- about those exceptional MEN who have faced serious challenges, several hurdles and several odds and yet rose up like a Phoenix and become vibrant and successful in their lives ahead! This book has been recommended to the students of IGNOU, Delhi by their honourable faculty Dr.Nandini Sahu (HOD- Humanities).
- Speak your Mind deals with issues that plague our nation and proving to be detrimental to the progress of the nation. Over 40 writers expressed serious concern and wrote on subjects like Reservation policy, corruption, education policy, health care, politics in sports, caste system, insult to army and soldiers, Swatcha Bharat, Girl Child , Crime on Women and Safety and many. This book was sent to Hon’ble Prime Minister and even received acknowledgement from Director PMO.
- INKED THOUGHTS: A collection of epistles .Epistles have long been the testaments of love and longing, dreams and desires, fears and fancies. Once upon a time they found their cosy corners within the wings of friendly pigeons, later they reached the hands of cordial messengers. Now that the pigeons have flown away and the messengers have disappeared with time, traditional epistles are written less and less. This does not, however, mean that epistles have become the things of the past now. Instead of turning into curios, they have survived in a diverse forms and spirit. To revive this form of literature The Impish Lass Publishing House published a collection of epistles written by 60 writers across the world. This book was launched by Asian Literary Society, New Delhi on October 14th 2018.
On recent projects:-
The publishing House is all set to launch 15 books published by them on August 15th, 2019 at Payyade International Hotel, Kandivali (W) .
Some of them are:
- Within the Cocoon of Love – is a novel intended to warn, advise and create awareness among youngsters against online dating. It is a science fiction dealing with the magical wonders of poetry, plot, thrill, suspense and harsh reality.
The foreword of this book has been written by Pranay Gupte Veteran Journalist Author and Columnist of International fame.
- Hat tip – is the anniversary issue of the publishing house to express gratitude towards the writers who have been a part of various anthologies published under this banner.
- Mind Your Own Business – is a pocket book of quotations for aspiring entrepreneurs
- SMC – is a Coffee Table Book . A potpourri of moods,musings and memories of 44 classmates of 1977 batch of St. Mary’s Convent ,Allahabad.
- The Adfecus Manifesto – is a collection of nine stories written by an IT professional dealing with various emotions .
- Random Ruminations – A collection of poems in English written by a Marathi medium teacher.
- Funny Moments
- The Teacher I Will Never Ever Forget – is a collection of anecdotes by 45 writers paying tribute to the person who showed them the right path.
- Jamboree Jubilation
- Heartstring Unto Infinity
- Yes Boss – is a rich blend of seriousness and humour depicting employer-employee relationship. As there can be no standard yardstick or measuring tape to fathom the depth of this highly inflammable word Boss, it was felt that we would do well if we could collimate all wonderful writers and experienced Corporate Executives and publish an exclusive anthology.
- Emotionally Yours
- Life On Track – is a collection of travelogues written by two score poets and writer rekindling the romance of rail travel through tales of wonders and fascinating facts.
- Eternal Flames – is an honest, heartfelt tribute from the citizens of India to the Indian Armed Forces – filled with messages of gratitude, thanks, acknowledgements or even letters of condolences to their bereaved family members. This anthology like a perfect gift to those Champions of our Land who do all they do without any expectations.
“ How has the project undertaken by Meena Mishra helped the budding writers?” I asked Meghal Walendra, a parent of grade 4 student, Kankai Walendra and her reply surprised me.“My daughter used to write poems since she was in grade 3 but never did I imagine that she can become a published poet.. The Impish Lass Publishing House published her poem in their anthology “Scintillating Scions,” this made her so confident that she not only participated in a poetry competition held by Ledbury Poetry Fest UK but also won the contest. She had been invited to London to read her poem in front of a huge audience in July ,2019. It was an out of the world experience for my entire family. We are still in the dreamland of literature.
Well there are many more people with many more stories and this is just the beginning.
