From Medha with love
![From Medha with love 14-Year-Old Honors Daily Star Newspaper with Calligraphy](https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_202/public/images/2024/01/14/medha-written-star-1.jpg)
In a world where the timeless art of calligraphy is fading from the pages of printed designs, Miftahul Jannat Medha, a 14-year-old ninth-grader at Bogura's Government Girls High School, has chosen the artform as a way to pay tribute to her favourite newspaper.
She combined her love for both The Daily Star and calligraphy by hand-drawing the front page of the newspaper's December 1 edition.
She worked at a stretch for eight hours to create what her peers and teachers are now calling an aesthetic masterpiece.
![From Medha with love Miftahul Jannat Medha from Bogura pays homage to her favorite newspaper, The Daily Star, through a meticulously hand-drawn front page](https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_202/public/images/2024/01/14/medha-written-star.jpg)
And they are right. At first glance, one might mistake her drawing as an actual newspaper, which in reality, is a heartfelt creation of a 14-year-old.
When she shared pictures of the hand-written newspaper on social media, her friends and classmates flooded her with praise.
In a Facebook group, she wrote, "First time writing an English newspaper, I hope everyone will like it."
Lemon, a member of the group, wrote in the comment box below, "At first, I thought someone from the school was showing an actual newspaper, but then I realised it's handwritten. Good try!"
Contacted, Medha said, "The Daily Star is my favorite newspaper. My father, a local government primary school headteacher, buys it for us every week. I also make an effort to find alternative ways to read it on other weekdays to learn English and stay updated about the country."
"And I have a passion for calligraphy. So, I decided to combine my two hobbies and create a handwritten version of the newspaper."
![From Medha with love Medha Pays Tribute to The Daily Star with Hand-Drawn Front Page](https://tds-images.thedailystar.net/sites/default/files/styles/big_202/public/images/2024/01/14/medha-written-star-2_0.jpg)
When asked what inspired her, she said, "I came across a hand-written Bangla newspaper a few years ago, which my senior from school, Nisha Apu, had crafted, and her work inspired me."
"I spent eight hours crafting the front page of the newspaper. I worked secretly as I didn't want my parents to know that I was skipping my homework," Medha said with a smile on her face.
"When my father saw it, he was surprised and asked me how I did it. I could tell he was a bit proud too," she added, her sweet smile expanding even further.
"My mother inspired me in crafting the newspaper. After crafting The Daily Star, I received many praises. Motivated, I hand-wrote another Bangla newspaper last week. I would like to continue this further," a confident Medha said.
Her father Md Abdul Mozid and mother Ruma Akter couldn't agree more.
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