"Jashn-E-Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu" a festival celebrating the exuberance of Urdu language at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 13th, 14th & 15th March 2015

Time : 
13th March : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 13-03-2015 19:00:00 13-03-2015 21:00:00 68 Inauguration of "Jashn-E-Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu" a festival celebrating the exuberance of Urdu language Event Page : http://goo.gl/ljmLGQ Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY - Opening
14th & 15th March : 11:30 am onwards Add to Calendar 14-03-2015 11:30:00 15-03-2015 21:00:00 68 "Jashn-E-Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu" a festival celebrating the exuberance of Urdu language Event Page : http://goo.gl/ljmLGQ Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Note : Call 011-24619431 (IIC) to re-confirm any last minute change or cancellation of the event.

Venue : Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Area : Lodhi Road Area Events
Note : The festival will be held in the Auditorium, Conference Room I, Multipurpose Hall, Fountains Lawns and Gandhi-King Plaza

Event Description : "Jashn-E-Rekhta : Celebrating Urdu" 

Jashn-e-Rekhta is a festival celebrating the spirit and exuberance the spirit and exuberance of Urdu language, literature and culture through representations from various genres including poetry, fiction, drama and other performing arts.  It will showcase the pluralist nature of the Urdu ethos and explore Urdu’s lyrical beauty and unparalleled eloquence. Highlights of the festival include - Recitations, musical performances, mushaira, discussions and interactive sessions, dastangoi, theatre, book exhibition and calligraphy workshops. Organised in collaboration with Rekhta.org

Schedule : 
13th March : 7:00 pm - Inauguration of the Festival
Followed by Sufi Music
Presented by Rekha Bharadwaj 
14th March : 
11:30 am onwards at the Auditorium
Javed Akhtar in conversation with Rakhshanda Jalil
12:45 – 13:45
Urdu aur Hindi: Quarbaten aur Faasle (Urdu and Hindi: Convergence and Divergence)
Speakers: Ashok Vajpeyi; Purushottam Agrawal; and Shamim Hanfi
Moderator: Pervaiz Alam
14:30 – 15:30
“Padhant”  Recitation 
By Zia Mohyeddin
Introduction: Mahmood Farooqui
15:45 - 17:00 
Mushaire ka Badalta Rang-Roop (The Changing Face of Mushaira)
Speakers: Zubair Rizvi, Munawwar Rana and Kumar Vishwas
Moderator: Ravish Kumar
17:15 – 18:30
Urdu Shayari aur Tahzeeb: Ek Zaati Tajraba (Reliving Urdu Poetry and Culture)
Saeed Naqvi speaks to Obaid Siddiqui
19:00 – 21:00 
Film screening 
14th March : At Conference Room 1
11:30 am
Urdu Adab ki Taanisi Awaz (Word of Women in Urdu Literature)
Azra Abbas and Tarannum Riyaz with Sukrita Paul Kumar
12:45 – 13:45
Internet ki Duniya Mein Urdu (Urdu in the World of Internet)
Speakers: Anwer Sen Roy, Rana Safvi, and Ali Madeeh Hashmi
Moderator: Saif Mehmood
14:30 – 15:30 
Krishan Chander – Afsane ka Naghmanigar (Krishan Chander – A Lyricist in Prose)
Speakers: Salma Siddiqui, Shamsul Haq Usmani and Reoti Sharan Sharma
15:45 – 17:00 
Tarjuma: Haasil Aur La-haasili (Lost and Found in Translation)
Speakers: Mohammad Zakir and Ajmal Kamal
Moderator: Rakhshanda Jalil
17:15 – 18:30 
Urdu Mein Jasoosi Adab (Detective Fiction in Urdu)
Speakers: C.M. Naim and Syed Mohd. Ashraf 
Moderator: Neelabh Ashk 
14th March : At Fountain Lawns
5:15 pm - Akhtari – A Tribute to Begum Akhtar
Presentation by Vidya Shah and Danish Husain
19:00 – 21:00 
Mushaira “Bazm-e-Sukhan”
By Mohd. Alvi, Nida Fazli, Wasim Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, Anwer Shaoor, Amjad Islam Amjad, Ashfaq Hussain and Farhat Ehsas 

15th March : 
11:30 am - Dastangoi
With Mahmood Farooqui and team
12:45 – 13:45 
Chand Lamhe Mizaah ke..Mujtaba Hussain ke Sath
A Few Moments of Humour with Mujtaba Hussain
Moderator: Nusrat Zaheer
14:30 – 15:30 
“Padhant” Recitation 
By Zia Mohyeddin
Introduction: Mahmood Farooqui
15:45 – 17:00
Lal Qile Ka Aakhri Mushaira
A Pierrot’s Troupe production
Written & directed by M. Sayeed Alam
17:15 – 18:30 
Tetwal ka Kutta
A play based on some of Manto’s short stories
Presented by Wing’s Cultural Society
19:00 – 21:00
Film Screening 

15th March : At Multipurpose Hall, Kamaladevi Complex
11:30 am
Ghazal Ahd ba Ahd (Ghazal Through the Ages)
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi speaks to Ziya Us Salam
12:45 – 13:45
Filmon ki Zabaan Urdu (Urdu – The Voice of Indian Films) 
Speakers: Irshad Kamil, Nandita Das, Muzaffar Ali
Moderator: Nilesh Mishra
14:30 – 15:30
Urdu – Insaani Wahdat ki Zabaan (Urdu – The Language of Inclusion)
Gopi Chand Narang speaks to Farhat Ehsas
15:45 – 17:00
In Conversation
Intizar Hussain in conversation with Asif Farrukhi 
17:15 – 18:30 
Asri Adabi Manzarname meñ Urdu (Urdu in the Contemporary Literary Scenario)
Speakers: Asif Farrukhi, Anwer Sen Roy and Qazi Afzal 

15th March : At Fountain Lawns 
17:15 
Qawwali By Dhruv Sangari and troupe
19:00 – 21:00 
Saaz o Awaz: Ghazal ki Ek Shaam (Saaz o Awaz: An Evening of Ghazals) By Hamid Ali Khan and Radhika Chopra

Website : www.jashnerekhta.org

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