Veena Verma
Veena Verma | |
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Born |
Veena Verma 2 September 1960 Budhlada, Mansa district, Punjab, India |
Other names | Veena Varma |
Occupation | Writer, poet |
Veena Verma (Punjabi: ਵੀਨਾ ਵਰਮਾ) is a UK-based Punjabi short-story writer[1][2] and poet of Punjab, India.[3][4]
Early life
Verma was born on 2 October 1960, in a Khatri family,[4] in Budhlada[3] village of Bathinda district (now falls under Mansa district)[3][4] of Indian Punjab. She studied at Budhlada[3] and, completing her study, settled in UK.
Career
She was very fond of writing since her childhood. She writes mostly on women problems[1][2] of Asian community. Her first anthology of stories, Mull Di Teeveen,[5] was published in 1992. Till now, she has published three anthologies of stories including Mull Di Teeveen, Firangian Di Noonh (2002),[6] Jogian Di Dhee (2009)[7] and one poetic, Jee Kardai. Some of her stories like Firangian Di Noonh, Gulbano, Khali Plot, Sachchi Saanj and Chhoti Sardarni has been played on stage[1][8] and also been filmed by TV channels.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "We, the Women". The Indian Express. 4 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Khas Mulakat With Dr. Veena Verma". Zee News. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Veena Verma on YouTube
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Veena Verma – Interview Part 1 on YouTube
- ↑ Verma, Veena (2002). Mull Di Teeveen. Navyug Publishers. pp. 192 isbn=978–81–8621–612–5.
- ↑ Verma, Veena (2002). Pharangian Di Nuh. p. 295. ASIN B007BMO9SE.
- ↑ Verma, Veena (2009). Jogian Di Dhee. p. 288. ASIN B007BMN13I.
- ↑ "'Chhoti Sardarni' staged on International Women's Day". Chandigarh. The Tribune. 6 March 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2012.