Tag: Urdu fair

By Firoz Bakht Ahmed, The recent three-day Urdu fair Jashn-e-Rekhta in Delhi was a celebration of the quintessential spirit of the language, its composite culture, inclusive ethos, creative richness and linguistic grandeur. The Sabri Brothers from Rajasthan, who are famous for their qawwali, set the ball rolling with a great performance. Delhi, once a Urdu hub during the Mughal era, regained some of the lost glory by holding umpteen Urdu activities in the capital city like the mehfils (congregations), mushairas (poetry recitation), dastangoi (story-telling), play (based on a Krishna Chander story), reading...