SUDEEP SEN – MONT BLANC – for Kaifi Azmi on his 100th birth anniversary
Blue-black ink tip of your fountain pen’s nib etches words on your sepia notebook – lines outliving the instrument itself. Ink slow fills the belly of your pens, its capillary pressure coursing through the gold nib, the unseen veins parting…
RekhtaLive | Life & Poetry Of Kaifi Azmi
Kaifi Azmi is one of the prominent progressive poets with a popular appeal. He wrote many a famous film songs and has been an equally popular name in the mushairas. Join us for a shayarana session with RJ Fahad in…
Kaifi Azmi – Symbol of Undying Flame of Hope
“I do not know when I was born, I do not know when I will die. I only know that I was born in the ग़ुलाम (servile) Hindustan, I will become old in an आज़ाद (independent) Hindustan and I will…
Kaifi Azmi Birth Centenary Celebrations – Complete Programs
CITY SUBJECT ORGANISATION New Delhi A tribute to Kaifi Saheb, his life, philosophy and legacy interspersed with his poetry sung by Jaswinder Singh. Ameeta Pursuram of BAZM New Delhi A monograph on Kaifi by Prof AA Fatimi of Allahabad University.…
Untold Stories: When Shaukat Kaifi bought 16 saris after being praised by Amartya Sen
Shabana Azmi recounted how she was overjoyed when Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen wrote the blurb in which he praised Shaukat Kaifi’s book Four days after the nonagenarian talented actor, committed activist, muse to her poet husband and working mom Shaukat…
Jessica Sequeira reviews Kaifiyat: Verses on Love and Women by Kaifi Azmi
In honour of the one hundredth birthday celebrations of the Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi, Indian writer and translator Rakhshanda Jalil has put together what her publisher calls a “curatorial” selection of Azmi’s lyrics and nazms (poems composed around a theme…
Kaifi Sahab’s 17th Death Anniversary at his Mijwan Village
Mijwan has given tribute to Late Kaifi Sahab. It was a good gathering there. Amongst the Guests, Mr. Hashim Khan (NRI Guest), Surendra Yadav & Jai Kishan Pandey were present. (https://cozumelparks.com) Program was conducted by Jitendra Kumar Mishra. Nazm was presented…