Integration and Identity by Shabana Azmi
Thank you ILUK for inviting me to speak at this prestigious room in the House Of Commons.I have been a member of the Rajya Sabha – the Upper House in the Indian Parliament and i am cognisant of the fact…
KAIFI AUR MAIN – REMEMBERING THE LEGENDRY POET
Kaifi Aur Main summarizes everything about Kaifi, be it his 55-year-old romance with Shaukat— right from the time she met him as a young girl, till their last day together — or his progressive social ideas. When the words, ‘Jannat…
SM Mehdi on Kaifi Azmi
SM Mehdi was a playwright, author, journalist and critic. As a young man he was drawn to the Communist party, and was a student leader in Kanpur and Lucknow. He worked with the Urdu cell of the Communist party in…
Ajeeb Aadmi Tha Woh – by NCERT Official
अजीब आदमी था वो…. मोहब्बातों का गीत था बग़ावतों का राग था कभी वो सिर्फ़ फूल था कभी वो सिर्फ़ आग था अजीब आदमी था वो… वो मुफ़लिसों से कहता था कि दिन बदल भी सकते हैं वो जाबिरों से…
Sonakshi Sinha recites the beautiful words of Kaifi Azmi’s poem ‘Aurat’
Sonakshi Sinha recites the beautiful words of Kaifi Azmi’s poem ‘Aurat’ Zindagii jehad mein hai sabr ke qaabuu mein nahii, Nabz-e-hastii kaa lahuu kaamptii aansuu mein nahii, Udne khulne mein hai nakhat kham-e-gesu mein nahii, Jannat aik aur hai jo…
Kaifi Azmi Ki Kahani – Documentary on Kaifi Azmi
कैफ़ी आज़मी…..गुज़रे ज़माने के एक ऐसे शायर….जिनके लिखे फ़िल्मी तरानों की खुशबू आज भी फ़िज़ाओं में महकती है….गुज़रे ज़माने के एक ऐसे शायर….जिनके लिखे फ़िल्मी तरानों की खुशबू आज भी फ़िज़ाओं में महकती है….। नर्म नाजुक लफ़्जों से सजे हिंदी…
शोषित वर्ग के शायर थे कैफ़ी आज़मी
कैफ़ी आज़मी मेरे समकालीन थे. उसी तरह जैसे उम्र के फ़र्क के बावजूद वह अपने सीनियर शायर जोश मलीहाबादी, रघुपति सहाय फ़िराक़ और जिगर मुरादाबादी के समकालीन थे. वह इन बुज़ुर्गों के ज़माने के नौजवान शायर थे. सन् 35-36 में…
Interview of Shabana in Bangalore 27th Sep 2010
Q. What drove you to choose the profession you are in? What would you attribute your success to? Ans. It was predestined in a way. My mother Shaukat Kaifi who is a very respected Theatre artist was working with Prithvi…
Shaukat Kaifi speaking about Kaifi Azmi
As young people Shaukat and Kaifi fall desperately in love with each other but are soon parted. For Shaukat’s family, a card-holding communist, a poet with no source of income, is hardly the kind of person their daughter should be…