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…
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…
One Hundred Years of Kaifi Azmi – Indian Cultural Forum
One Hundred Years of Kaifi Azmi With two poems by Kaifi Azmi Husain Mir Ali Kaifi Azmi: Poems | Nazms is an homage to Kaifi Azmi’s centenary birth year. The book, edited by Sudeep Sen, is a specially curated volume that…
Raag Shayari – A Special Evening of Music and Kaifi Azmi Poetry
Raag Shayari 14th Jan 2019 marks the birth centenary of internationally renowned poet writer and activist Kaifi Azmi. We are having yearlong celebrations in the country and abroad with Mushairas, Plays, Seminars a Pen Festival and three Book Releases. The…
To Abba With Love: Remembering Kaifi Azmi on His Death Anniversary
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…
A poet, a revolutionary – An article from THE HINDU
Remembering Kaifi Azmi, the man whose genius went beyond films. “Kar Chale Hum Fida Jan-o-Tan Saathiyo , Ab Tumhare Havale Watan Saathiye”, wrote Kaifi Azmi for Chetan Anand’s 1964 film “Haqeeqat”. The patriotic song, immortalized by the inimitable voice of…