Veena Verma


Veena Verma is a UK-based Punjabi short-story writer and poet from Punjab, India.

Early life

Verma was born in a Khatri family, in Budhlada village of Bathinda district of Punjab, India. She studied at Budhlada and, after completing her study, she settled in UK.

Career

She was very fond of writing since her childhood. She writes mostly on womens' problems of Asian community. Her first anthology of stories, Mull Di Teeveen, was published in 1992. Till now, she has published three anthologies of stories including Mull Di Teeveen, Firangian Di Noonh, Jogian Di Dhee 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 and been filmed by TV channels.