12th – 14th FEBRUARY, 2016

IGNCA – NEW DELHIINDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Jashn-e-Rekhta is a first of its kind Urdu festival to be held in India, which aims to

celebrate and explore the spirit of Urdu, its lyrical beauty and rich eloquence.

Transcending borders, the Jashn brings together distinguished poets, authors and

artists not only from across India, but also from Pakistan and the rest of the world, to

bring alive Urdu’s timeless splendour and its rich, linguistic heritage.

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Jashn-e-Rekhta made its debut in March 2015 under the aegis of Rekhta Foundation. The Jashn is a

platform to showcase the world of Urdu through the eyes and experience of the masters.

It reaches out to both the Urdu speaking and the non-Urdu speaking audience.

For three festive days, some of Urdu’s finest masters converged to celebrate Urdu through live

performances, recitations, dastangoi, musical renditions, mushaira, dramas, panel discussions, film

screenings and interactive sessions. Adding to the conviviality, an outdoor fete was hosted which

included book exhibition, calligraphy art, ghazal sarai, nashist, nukkad-natak and more.

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REKHA BHARDWAJSUFI PERFORMANCE BY

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GRAND MUSHAIRAA THUNDEROUS EVENING AND A

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USTAD HAMID ALI KHANGHAZAL SINGING BY

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DR. RADHIKA CHOPRAGHAZAL SINGING BY

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VIDYA SHAH & DANISH HUSSAINA TRIBUTE TO BEGUM AKHTAR

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QAWWALIAN ECSTATIC RENDITION OF

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DASTANGOITHE ART OF STORY-TELLING

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DRAMAS & PLAYSENTERTAINING THE MASSES

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DISCUSSIONSCONVERGING INTELLECT

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15000+ATTENDED THE JASHN IN 2015

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MORE THAN 60CELEBRITIES & RENOWNED PERSONALITIES

2016

50000+40000+URDU LOVERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD EXPECTED

WHAT TO EXPECTWHAT TO EXPECT2016

IMPRESSIVE LINE-UP111OF OVER 75 SPEAKERS, AUTHORS, PERFORMERS, POETS, MEDIA

PERSONALITIES

REACH OUT111TO AN ECLECTIC MIX OF AUDIENCE IN ONE, SINGLE

LOCATION OVER 3 DAYS

CAPTIVE AUDIENCE111GET UNDIVIDED ATTENTION IN A CULTURALLY

RICH, CALM AMBIENCE

INTRODUCINGINTRODUCING IN2016

FOOD FESTIVAL111ENJOY KASHMIRI, DECCANI, AWADHI & DILLI CUISINES IN A

FESTIVE SETTINGTHE BEST VENDORS & CHEF FROM AROUND THE CITY WILL CONVERGE IN ONE PLACE

FEATURED

MASTER CLASSES111FOR CALLIGRAPHY, SHAYARI AND URDU

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URDU BAZAAR111A CULTURAL GULLY FOR ALL

TO SHOP

BOOK EXHIBITION111VOLUMES OF LITERATURE FOR THE EXPERIENCED AND

THE UNINITIATED ALIKE

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JAM SESSIONS111SHER-O-SHAYARI & GHAZAL-SARAI JAM SESSIONS

FOR AMATEURS

SCREENINGS111SPECIAL SCREENINGS OF MOVIES AND

DOCUMENTARIES

VALENTINE’S DAY111CULMINATION OF THE FESTIVAL ON

VALENTINE’S DAY

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REKHTA FOUNDATIONREKHTA.ORG

Rekhta Foundation strives to preserve & promote Urdu

literature, the language, the culture and to make it

accessible to a global audience, particularly to those not

conversant with the language.

These ideas gave birth to rekhta.org – world’s largest

website for Urdu literature, especially poetry.

Rekhta.org hosts thousands of Ghazals, Nazms, Ashaar and

other forms of poetry. It is a treasure trove of digitzed Urdu

books across all genres, especially rare texts.

All poetic content is made available in three scripts –

Roman, Devanagari and Urdu.

REKHTA

REKHTA.ORGTHE WEBSITE

• A free website with readership from over 150

countries

• Unique built-in Glossary that provides word

meanings-at-a-click

• Large number of compositions recorded in the

voice of poets and media professionals to give the

users a flavour of Urdu’s diction and pronunciation

• Works by thousands of poets spanning the last

three centuries

• Sophisticated, custom-written algorithms to

Search and Browse for relevant content

• Compliance across desktops and mobile devices

• On-going development of tools & products for

further propagation of the language

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MEDIA COVERAGE 2015 The Sunday Guardian- Flipping the script of Urdu.                 http://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/flipping-the-script-for-urdu The Hindu- Urdu beyond Academics                 http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/urdu-beyond-academies/article7015537.ece  Live Mint- Celebrating Urdu                http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/FZUQ1J27ALjolDOyiK142I/Celebrating-Urdu.html Indian Express- Finding the lost Urdu                http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/finding-the-lost-urdu/

Dawn.com - Urdu in 21st Century                 http://www.dawn.com/news/1172252/column-urdu-in-the-21st-century The Times of India-  What Urdu has and what it still needs                 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/What-Urdu-has-what-it-still-needs-/articleshow/46731551.cms? BBC- Urdu Entertainment                http://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/2015/03/150318_urdu_tehzeeb_zis DNA- Language comes from regions, not religions: Javed Akhtar                http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-language-comes-from-regions-not-religions-javed-akhtar-2069372 NewsBulletin Today- Jashnerektha Begins                http://www.newsbulletintoday.com/jashn-e-rekhta-begins-celebration-urdu-india-today//

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS 2015  Video of sessions from first edition is available under “Gallery” section at: http://jashnerekhta.org  Watch the highlight-reel of Jashn-e-Rektha 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq8_nqiJPT8