Veena Verma | |
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Born | Veena Verma 2 October 1960
Budhlada,
Mansa district, Punjab, India |
Other names | Veena Varma |
Occupation(s) | Writer, poet |
Veena Verma ( Punjabi: ਵੀਨਾ ਵਰਮਾ; born 2 September 1960) is a UK-based Punjabi short-story writer [1] [2] and poet from Punjab, India. [3] [4]
Verma was born to a Khatri family, [4] and married to Sunyara family in Budhlada [3] village of Bathinda district (now falls under Mansa district) [3] [4] of the state of Punjab, India. She studied at Budhlada [3] and, after completing her study, she settled in UK.
She was very fond of writing since her childhood. She writes mostly on women's 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 have been played on stage [1] [8] and been filmed by TV channels. [4]
Veena Verma | |
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Born | Veena Verma 2 October 1960
Budhlada,
Mansa district, Punjab, India |
Other names | Veena Varma |
Occupation(s) | Writer, poet |
Veena Verma ( Punjabi: ਵੀਨਾ ਵਰਮਾ; born 2 September 1960) is a UK-based Punjabi short-story writer [1] [2] and poet from Punjab, India. [3] [4]
Verma was born to a Khatri family, [4] and married to Sunyara family in Budhlada [3] village of Bathinda district (now falls under Mansa district) [3] [4] of the state of Punjab, India. She studied at Budhlada [3] and, after completing her study, she settled in UK.
She was very fond of writing since her childhood. She writes mostly on women's 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 have been played on stage [1] [8] and been filmed by TV channels. [4]