New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) With a wide-ranging line-up of mushairas, panel discussions and book exhibitions, the fourth edition of the much-loved Urdu festival — Jashn-e-Rekhta, is all set to begin from ...

An unforgettable evening of poetry, emotions, and powerful storytelling at the NDTV Creators Manch, where some of the most talented poets and shayars captivated the audience with their words. The ...

The mushaira at Richmond, Virginia, in late August this year reminded me of gatherings from my childhood, when poets congregated at my parent’s home in Allahabad. Our drawing room sofas would be ...

CHANDIGARH: The first day of ‘Literati 2017’ concluded with colours of languages offered on a palette of pluralist expression with ‘Trilingual Mushaira’, gracing the main lawn at the Lake Club on ...

Billed as 'Bayad-e-Shaikh Zayed', the mushaira organised by the Majlis-e-Farogh-e-Adab, Dubai-Doha at the Renaissance hotel, started on a sombre note with one-minute silence to pay respect to the ...

A.R. Rahman, one of India’s most celebrated musicians, is known not only for his musical genius but also for his deep spirituality. Among his cherished practices is visiting the revered Kadapa Dargah ...

Ludhiana: Tehzeeb: The Culture of Love Society, an organisation dedicated to the preservation and promotion of Urdu, Hindi, and Punjabi literature and culture — in association with a renowned poetry ...

In a tradition that has been going strong since 1989, the Sakinan e Shahr e Quaid (SSQ) held a mushaira on March 22 at Karachi’s Expo Centre. The event, which took a two-year hiatus owing to the ...

Those who listen to the music of South Asia will not need to be told who Mehdi Hassan is. I am interested not so much in introducing him to readers as in discussing my experience of listening to a ...