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Bask in Jashn-e-Rekhta 2022

Bask in Jashn-e-Rekhta 2022

The inauguration will be attended by Javed Akhtar, followed by a ghazal concert by Hariharan, and will conclude on December…

November 30, 2022

Loved, lost and found

Delhi-based artists Prassenjit and Akanksha will bring a fusion of sher-o-shayari and ghazals to the audience in their upcoming concert,…

September 1, 2022

Ghalib has been called back to the court!

Courtrooms and judicial proceedings have always been a nightmare for the legend of Urdu literature in his lifetime. Mirza Ghalib,…

August 27, 2022

Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar and the slow death of a language

The lane that is now seen as the go-to place for kebabs and other Mughlai cuisines was once the hub…

July 18, 2022

Ghalib ki Haveli: Where poetic memories linger

Fascinated by the Mughal era? At this museum, you can soak in the atmosphere of Mughal architecture, admire Urdu calligraphy…

June 25, 2022

Doha Movement – Resurrecting a lost art

With its first event titled ‘Ba-Yaad e Ijteba Rizvi’ and held on 2 October 2021, started what is arguably the…

September 17, 2022