FEST "Afreen, Afreen" A celebration of Urdu language and literary culture at Oxford Bookstore, N81, Connaught Place (CP) > 11am-8:30pm on 4th February 2017

Time : 11:00 am - 8:30 pm Add to Calendar 04/02/2017 11:00 04/02/2017 20:30 Asia/Kolkata FEST "Afreen, Afreen" A celebration of Urdu language and literary culture Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/02/fest-afreen-afreen-celebration-of-urdu.html Oxford Bookstore, N81, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)

Venue : Oxford Bookstore, N81, Connaught Place, New Delhi - 110001
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Area : Connaught Place (CP)

Event Description : FEST : Hindustani Awaaz and Oxford Bookstore Present "Afreen, Afreen" A celebration of Urdu language and literary culture

About the show: “Afreen, Afreen” is a day-long celebration of Urdu literature which is conceptualized and conceived by Rakhshanda Jalil, Founder Hindustani Awaaz.

The event has been conceptualized as a taster’s menu, a sampler, a smorgasbord of the many flavors, voices, themes, tones and topics in Urdu. There will be sessions comprising readings and recitations but mercifully No panel discussion on paper readings on themes as diverse as wit, humour and satire, dissent, erotica, piety, modernism, afsana nigari, etc. The idea is to give young audiences a taste of the many delights contained within the literary culture of Urdu. The event will begin with a jugalbandi – a dramatized reading of the wakhy, whimsical works of Dilawar Figar and will end with a joyous qawaali by young and enthusiastic Dhruv Sangari aka Bilal Chishty.  

Schedule : 
11.00-11.15 am: Taaruf Introduction by Rakhshanda Jalil, Founder, Hindustani Awaaz
11.15-11.45 am: Aadab Arz: The Marvellously Comic World of Dilawar Figar Readings by Danish Iqbal and Salima Raza
11.45-12.15 pm:Jaun Elia: A fine, fine frenzy Readings by Saif Mahmood
12.15-1.15 pm: Aqeedat ke Rang: Hamd, Naat, Manqabat, Marsiya, Soz Recitations by Raza Haider, Sana Rashid, Rashmi Aggarwal
1.15-2.00 pm: Open Mic: Trippy Sama
2.00-3.00 pm: Fasane se Afsane Tak: A Selection of Readings from Urdu Fiction Fouzia Dastango reads from Fasana-e Azad Manu Sikandar Dhingra reads from Krishan Chandar's Kabootar ke Khat 
Fazal Rashid reads from Naiyar Masud's Seepiyan
3.00–4.00 pm: Urdu mein Tanz-o Mazah ki Riwayat: Wit, Humour and Satire Pervaiz Alam reads from Patras Bukhari and Ibne Insha Azhar Iqbal and Kokab Farid read from Mushtaq Yusufi Sohail Hashmi reads from Mir Jafar Zatalli
4.00-5.00 pm: Badan ke Band: The Erotic and the Sensual in Urdu Saif Mahmud reads from Parveen Shakir, Mustafa Zaidi, Fahmida Riaz and Amjad Islam
Pervaiz Alam reads from Jurrat and Josh Malihabadi Rakhshanda Jalil reads from Shahryar and N. M. Rashid
5.00-6.00 pm: Bol, Ke Lab Azad Hain Tere: The Poetry of Dissent Sohail Hashmi recites Noman Shauq and Ekraam Khawar Chinna Dua recites Faiz Ahmad Faiz and Habib Jalib Gauhar Raza recites his own poetry
6.00-6.30 pm: Dastan-e Ghummi Kababi Dastangoi by Fouzia Dastango and Fazal Rashid
6.30-7.30 pm: Dilli ki Nayi Shama: Ek Chhota Sa Mushaira 
Azhar Iqbal, Kunwar Ranjeet Chauhan, Vishal Bagh, Hilal Ahmed
7.30-8.30 pm: Qawwali by Dhruv Sangari (Bilal Chishti)

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