The three-day Jashn-e-Rekhta (Rekhta Festival) that concluded on Sunday once again drew our attention to the shared linguistic, literary and cultural traditions that have evolved over the centuries.

In recent times, Delhi has shown an appreciation of Urdu in various forms –by participating in mushairas, attending dastangoi sessions or listening to Sufi concerts. But the scale and ambition of the ...

Priceless pieces of Urdu poetry and books on art, literature and history confined to dark corners of private homes and public libraries have found a new home – all 1,00,000 of them digitised and ready ...

Delhi is ready to come alive with the soulful rhythm of Urdu as the world’s largest festival celebrating this beautiful language, literature, and culture, Jashn-e-Rekhta returns for its 10th ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the biggest Urdu festival in the world, is a 3-day event held annually in New Delhi, that aims to celebrate the beauty and versatility of Urdu. In its fifth edition this year, that ...

A Delhi-based businessman, who faced difficulties learning the language, has created an online resource for Urdu that attempts not only to make accessible the rich treasure of literature to anyone but ...

In June 1964, a journalist from The New York Times called the librarian at the Indian consulate in New York to find out more about Mirza Ghalib and Meer Taqui Meer. The reason: Ataullah Khan ...

The much-anticipated Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival 2024 is all set to take place from December 13 to 15 at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Organised by Huma Khalil, Trustee and Creative Director of the ...

Mumbai: Rekhta Foundation will organise Rekhta Gujarati Utsav in Mumbai to celebrate Gujarati language, literature and culture. The first-of-its-kind event will host ‘mushairas’ by renowned Gujarati ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, as if he's stepped right out of history. At Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, this moment becomes reality through a life-sized ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the world's largest Urdu language literary festival, is all set to be back with its seventh edition. The three-day event, with its slogan of "celebrating Urdu," is a grand affair that ...