I believe the skies opened up and it rained.. as though grieving on behalf of all of us.. his countless fans, admirers and colleagues… When I last met him in the ICU in hospital I knew I wouldnt be seeing…
Enjoy these Rare videos of Kaifi Azmi enjoying with family 25th March 1998 at Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi’s house.
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 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…
K aifi Azmi wrote his first ghazal at the age of eleven, joined the Communist Party at 19 and turned columnist for Qaumi Jung when he shifted from Azamgarh to Mumbai. On May 10th, 2002 he passed away after a…
The much-awaited All-India Kaifi Azmi Academy in UP might see the light of the day by March 2016, said Shabana Azmi on Saturday. She was responding to a question from the audience at the Lucknow Literature Carnival. She said she…
Chief Minister, UP, Akhilesh Yadav announces Annual Kaifi Azmi Award for The Arts from Govt of UP. It carries cash award of Rs 5 lacs. This was announced yesterday in Lucknow at an award function where Ms. Shabana Azmi was…
Film lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar on Wednesday said that despite the political and economic shifts in India, his late father-in-law and poet Kaifi Azmi retained his idealism and remained optimistic of a socialist future for the country. Kaifi’s optimism…
