As December descended, people all over the country could finally sense a relief from their pangs of a year-long wait for ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the world's largest Urdu language literary festival, is all set to be back with its seventh edition. The three-day event, with its slogan of "celebrating Urdu," is a grand affair that ...

In recent times, Delhi has shown an appreciation of Urdu in various forms –by participating in mushairas, attending dastangoi sessions or listening to Sufi concerts. But the scale and ambition of the ...

The resounding success of Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi and the Urdu Book Fair at Aligarh Muslim University indicate the enduring ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the biggest Urdu festival in the world, is a 3-day event held annually in New Delhi, that aims to celebrate the beauty and versatility of Urdu. In its fifth edition this year, that ...

The much-anticipated Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival 2024 is all set to take place from December 13 to 15 at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Organised by Huma Khalil, Trustee and Creative Director of the ...

The three-day festival will celebrate the Urdu language and Hindustani culture through ghazals, Sufi music, qawwali, dastangoi, panel discussions, mushaira, poetry recitations, and celebrity ...

In June 1964, a journalist from The New York Times called the librarian at the Indian consulate in New York to find out more about Mirza Ghalib and Meer Taqui Meer. The reason: Ataullah Khan ...

After 1947, the number of those who could read Urdu steadily declined. However, people’s interest in the language and its literature, especially poetry, continued to grow. Many a Hindi publisher ...

Four parallel events will be held at mehfil-khana, bazm-e-khayal, dayaar-e-izhaar and kunj-e-sukhan, the four event locations within the stadium complex. This will include performances, recitations, ...

Celebrating the spirit, versatility and heritage of Urdu, the fourth edition of popular literary and cultural festival Jashn-e-Rekhta was opened by classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj and actor Waheeda ...