Our journey became an excavation, with her poetry leading us to uncharted neighbourhoods. The late scholar Noorul Hasan had translated a collection of Mahjabeen’s Urdu poems into English in the book, ...

The second daughter of Ali Bux and Iqbal Begum (Prabhavati Devi), Mahjabeen Bano (Meena Kumari) was born on August 1, 1932 in Meetawala Chawl, Dadar, Bombay. Penury-struck Ali Bux apparently left ...

Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Bazm-e-Urdu (Assembly of Urdu) Dubai, the non-profit, non-religious, and non-political organisation working for the propagation of Urdu language by organising cultural ...

Mahna remembers his mother gifting him a record of I Write I Recite, the album of poems narrated by Meena Kumari. “I learnt Urdu to understand her poems,” Mahna said.

Meena Kumari was never fond of films, ... He was a veteran of the Parsi theatre, played harmonium, wrote Urdu poetry, composed music and also played small roles in a few films.

New Delhi: In her final moments, Meena Kumari confesses she isn’t fond of films. She reads from her diary of poems and longs ...