Drawing a diverse and enthusiastic crowd, the Jashn-e-Rekhta festival played host to over 200 artists, featuring more than 50 engaging sessions and performances

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All India Radio’s Urdu service, once running 24 hours and external services division’s most transmitted broadcast, is slowly dying following lack of fresh production since April 2023 with the slots repeating old Hindi programmes which have become stale

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Emerging from backwaters, Chander Bhan ‘Khayal’ showed patience and endurance to become an Urdu poet of note and win Sahitya Akademi Award

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Farooq Argali, 82, began writing fiction to survive in Delhi and after half a century, collated works of famous writers, poets and litterateurs. A documentary he made on the Bhakti poet Mirabai is available on Amazon Prime. His latest offering — Dilli Nama — recounts the history of the Capital.

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Calligraphers of old Delhi are pursuing their labour of love despite low returns as individuals and organisations help them get that modern edge

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On Sunday night, as many as 200-250 people couldn’t enter the Major Dhyanchand Stadium, the venue of the world’s largest festival to celebrate the Urdu language, as the security had to close the gates

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The inauguration will be attended by Javed Akhtar, followed by a ghazal concert by Hariharan, and will conclude on December 4 with a Sufi music performance by Richa Sharma

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Delhi-based artists Prassenjit and Akanksha will bring a fusion of sher-o-shayari and ghazals to the audience in their upcoming concert, taking them on a journey of love and introspection

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