Veena Verma

For another person, see Veena Verma (politician).

Veena Verma (born 2 September 1960) is a UK-based Punjabi short-story writer^[1][2] and poet from Punjab, India.^[3][4]

Veena Verma
Born	Veena Verma (1960-10-02) 2 October 1960 (age 64) Budhlada, Mansa district, Punjab, India
Other names	Veena Varma
Occupation(s)	Writer, poet

Early life

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.

Career

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]