festival
Highlights
About The
FESTIVAL
Jashn-e-Rekhta is a three-day festival celebrated annually in Delhi under the aegis of the Rekhta Foundation, a not-for-profit organization devoted wholeheartedly to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu language, its literature and culture.
Within the last four years, Jashn-e-Rekhta has left behind the trappings of a festival to emerge as an excellent celebration of Urdu, its rich heritage and eclectic art forms. The event includes splendid musical performances of ghazals and qawwalis by renowned artistes. Additional activities include dastangoi renditions, panel discussions, poetry recitations and enriching conversations with celebrities. Items decorated with calligraphy and other goods are also available and visitors can enjoy a variety of local as well as Middle Eastern cuisine at the food stalls.
The festival has been graced by doyens of Urdu poetry and literature and also by people of eminence from the film, music and television industry. Owing to its uniqueness, Jashn-e-Rekhta has become one of the most popular literary and cultural events of our country.
The 5th edition of the festival will be held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi on December 14–16, 2018 (Fri-Sun).
what to
expect
Mushaira
Mushaira is a mehfill of Urdu poets where they recite and perform their best works of poetry.
Dastangoi
Dastangoi is an oral art form of Urdu storytelling; it narrates tales of love, magic and war.
Qawwali
Qawwali is a performative song with spiritual and devotional elements, often leaving the audiences in an enchanted spell.
Sufi Music
Sufi Music is a genre of spiritual singing; it resonates with the works of Sufi poets like Rumi.
Dramas and plays
Plays based on notable Urdu figures like Ghalib, Dara Shikoh organised every year by various Delhi-based repertories.
Food Festival
'Aiwan-e-Zaiqa' offers Asian cuisines like Kashmiri, Awadhi, Bihari, Turkish and many more delicacies for the food lovers to relish.
Rekhta Bazaar
Rekhta Bazaar showcases a range of cultural artefacts, quirky merchandise for shopping junkies.
Ghazal Saraai
Ghazal Saraai is an art form celebrating the theme of love and life through musical renditions of famous ghazals.
Heartfelt Conversations
Celebrities from different fraternities converge and take part in discussions, audience interactions, conversations around Urdu language, literature and culture.
Festival
SCHEDULE
5:00 PM Onwards
REGISTRATION opens
MEHFIL-KHANA
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM
- 10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
- 11:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 12:30 PM
- 1:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
- 2:00 PM
- 2:30 PM
- 3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
- 5:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
- 6:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
- 7:00 PM
- 7:30 PM
- 8:00 PM
- 8:30 PM
- 9:00 PM
10:00 AM Onwards
REGISTRATION opens
Mehfil-Khana
Bazm-e-Khayaal
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
SUKHAN-ZAAR
Bazm-e-Khayaal
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
URDU KAHANI KI KAHANI: ZAATI MANZARNAMA
@IQBALMAJEED & @RATANSINGH Moderated by
@KHURSHIDAKRAM
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Mehfil-Khana
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
JAN NISAR AKHTAR-KAIFI AZMI DO SHAYAR, DO ZINDAGIYAN, EK KAHANI
@JAVEDAKHTAR, & @SHABANAAZMI
in conversation with @NUPURSHARMA
Bazm-e-Khayaal
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
FAIZ KE TEEN ISHQ
@GOPICHANDNARANG In conversation with
@SHAHINATABASSUM
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
CHAHAAR-BAIT
MARTIAL FOLK MUSIC BY @ATTANKHAN GROUP (AMROHA)
Introduction by @ZAHEERRAHMATI
Mehfil-Khana
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bazm-e-Khayaal
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
KABIR KA ANHAD-NAAD
@ABDULBISMILLAH and @PURUSHOTTAMAGRAWAL Moderated by
@DIBANG
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
BAZM-E-NAU-BAHAAR~ YOUNG POET MUSHAIRA
@ABHINANDANPANDEY, @IMTIYAZKHAN, @IRSHADKHANSIKANDAR, @MANOJAZHAR, @NAEEMSARMAD, @NIVESHSAHU, @SHAHBAZRIZWI, @SYEDSAROSHASIF, @TAUSEEFTABISH & @ZUBAIRALITABISH
SUKHAN-ZAAR
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
REKHTA BOOK LAUNCH
Ghazal Usne Chhedi – 5: Comp-Farhat Ehsas; Manzar-e-Shab-Taab: Irfan Siddiqi,
and more.
SUKHAN-ZAAR
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
BOOK LAUNCH
HAZAARON KHWAHISHEIN AISI: THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF URDU GHAZALS
By @ANISURRAHMAN
SUKHAN-ZAAR
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
BOOK LAUNCH
BEKARAANIYAN By @PARVEENSHERE
Mehfil-Khana
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Bazm-e-Khayaal
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
TARAQQI-PASANDI AUR JADEEDIYAT: FAN KI PARASTISH YA ZINDAGI-PARASTI
@ASADZAIDI, @SADIQUE & @SHARIBRUDAULVI
Moderated by @KAUSARMAZHARI
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
RAM KAHAANI URDU WALI
DRAMATIC RENDERING OF RAMAYANA IN URDU
@SHRISHRADDHARAMLILA
SUKHAN-ZAAR
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
ROMANCING URDU
With @JAAVEDJAAFERI In conversation with
@ATIKAFAROOQUI
Bazm-e-Khayaal
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
ALLAMA IQBAL- A EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE
@PIOTRKLODKOWSKI
SUKHAN-ZAAR
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
ADABI CHAUPAL: AAJ KE SHAYARON KI BAATEIN
@ABHISHEKSHUKLA, @ALEENAITRATRIZVI, @AMEERIMAM, @GITANJALIRAI, @IRSHADKHANSIKANDAR, @MADANMOHANDANISH, @PALLAVMISHRA, @PAWANKUMAR, @SHABNAMASHAI & @TARKASHPRADIP
WITH @FARHATEHSAS
Mehfil-Khana
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
GRAND MUSHAIRA
@WASEEMBARELVI, @VIPULKUMAR, @SUBHANASAD, @SHAKEELAZMI, @SHAHPARRASOOL, @MALKANASEEM, @MADANMOHANDANISH, @IQBALASHHAR & @FARHATEHSAS
Nizaamat: @SHAKEELJAMALI
- 10:00 AM
- 10:30 AM
- 11:00 AM
- 11:30 AM
- 12:00 PM
- 12:30 PM
- 1:00 PM
- 1:30 PM
- 2:00 PM
- 2:30 PM
- 3:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
- 4:00 PM
- 4:30 PM
- 5:00 PM
- 5:30 PM
- 6:00 PM
- 6:30 PM
- 7:00 PM
- 7:30 PM
- 8:00 PM
- 8:30 PM
- 9:00 PM
10:00 AM Onwards
REGISTRATION opens
Mehfil-Khana
Bazm-e-Khayaal
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
SUKHAN-ZAAR
Mehfil-Khana
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Bazm-e-Khayaal
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SANSKRIT AUR FARSI: EK GHAR KE DO DARWAZE
@ASHUTOSHDAYALMATHUR, @BALRAMSHUKLA & @SATYANARAYANHEGDE
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
“GULSHAN” – A POETRY COLLECTION OF MUZTAR KHAIRABADI
@JAVEDAKHTAR & @SHARIBRUDAULVI in conversation with @PERVAIZALAM
Mehfil-Khana
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Bazm-e-Khayaal
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
FORT WILLIAM COLLEGE: REVISITING URDU-HINDI DIVIDE
@ANIRUDHDESHPANDE, @HARISHTRIVEDI & @SADIQ-UR-RAHMANKIDWAI Moderated by
@ANISURRAHMAN
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Mehfil-Khana
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
URDU KE ZER-E-SAAYA
@VISHALBHARDWAJ in conversation with
@FARIDOONSHAHRYAR
Bazm-e-Khayaal
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
NAZEER AKBARABADI KI BE-NAZEERI
@SHAMIMHANFI in conversation with @SIRAJAJMALI
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
SUKHAN-ZAAR
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Bazm-e-Khayaal
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
The world of Intizar Hussain: Partition, Nostalgia & Mythology in Urdu Literary Culture
@MAHMOODFAROOQUI & @SHAMSURRAHMANFARUQI
in conversation with @SUDHIRCHANDRA
Dayaar-e-Izhaar
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
AI ISHQ KAHIN LE CHAL: LIFE & POETRY OF AKHTAR SHEERANI
@ASMAMIRZA, @DANISHIQBAL & @ROLIBARUA
Mehfil-Khana
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
HUM BEKHUDI MEIN TUMKO PUKARE CHALE GAYE
Majrooh ki shayari @ANNUKAPOOR ki Jaadugari Moderated by
@ATIKAFAROOQUI
Bazm-e-Khayaal
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
URDU AFSANE KA TILISM
@MEHRAFSHANFAROOQI, @MOINUDDINJINABADE & @ZAKIAMASHADI
Moderated by @ABUBAKRABBAD
SUKHAN-ZAAR
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
BAZM-E-SHAYARAT BA-YAAD-E-FAHMIDA RIAZ
Women Poets Mushaira
@FARHATNADIRRIZVI, @ILAJOSHI, @MUDITARASTOGI, @NUSRATMEHDI, @RASHIDABAQIHAYA, @RASHMISABA, @SIYASACHDEV & @TARUNAMISHRA
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satish gupta - head of programs & outreach
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The world’s largest online resource for Urdu poetry, Rekhta is leading Urdu’s renaissance in the 21st century, through various Projects and Events. Jashn-e-Rekhta (JER) is a ‘Language Kumbh’ that celebrates the spirit of Hindustani language, literature and culture across its recorded past, lived present and emerging fullness. This 3-day festival has grown to become one of the world’s largest literary & cultural events since its debut in 2015, and is free and accessible to all. Since Rekhta Foundation does not engage in for-profit activities, your support will help us ensure that the festival continues to remain free and take the grandeur of Hindustani culture to the masses. We request you to partake in the Jashn with us and donate heartily.