This poetry walk explores verses by Meena Kumari and her life in Mumbai

Updated On: 04 April, 2024 09:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma

Two city-based poets come together to share verses of the late cine icon, Meena Kumari, where participants will walk back in time along sites and locations in the city that impacted her life

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Meena Kumari. Pic courtesy/Intach Mumbai

A couple of years ago, Vasvi Kejriwal, who runs Fresh Mint, an initiative to share the many histories and delights of poetry, stumbled upon a book of poems by the late actor Meena Kumari (born Mahjabeen Bano) who wrote poetry under the pseudonym ‘Naaz’.

A previous session near Meena Kumari’s bungalow, Iqbal, in Bandra