AdvertisingThe selected poems in Urdu are translated in English and written in the Devanagari script. Shabana shared that Kaifi wasn’t a man of the world; he did not care about the worldly possessions. You’ll find Lenin, Charu Majumdar, Gandhi and Nehru in his poems; the common worker found a place in his nazms. He was born in colonial India, lived in a free India and wished to die in a socialist India,” he said. The evening ended with the screening of Kaifinama, a documentary that chronicles the life and journey of the poet and has intimate interviews with Kaifi from 20 years ago.

Source: Indian Express June 11, 2019 19:52 UTC