Jashn-e-Rekhta

Jashn-e-Rekhta (Urdu: جشن ریختہ, Hindi: जशनो रैखत‍ा, jushnay rextā, Hindustani pronunciation: [dʒəʃneː reːxt̪aː] "Celebration of Rekhta"), is an annual 3 day Literary festival for the Urdu Language that takes place in New Delhi, the capital of India.[1][2] The festival is named after Rekhta, another name for the poetic form of the Urdu language and means a mixed or scattered dialect, referencing the Urdu language in its early form as a creole.[3] The Rekhta foundation, a non profit organization to promote the Urdu language has been the organizer of the festival since 2015, the foundation also has the largest collection of Urdu poetry on the internet, available in the Nastaleeq, Devanagari and Latin scripts.[4] Many famous celebrities in Bollywood as well as other mainly Indian and Pakistani artists and poets such as, Gulzar, Javed Akhter, Rafaqat Ali Khan and Shabana Azmi have all been present at the event during several occasions.[5][6] The slogan of the festival is "Celebrating Urdu" and attendance is free of charge.[7] The event showcases not only Urdu poetry, but as well as Urdu literature, Qawwali, Calligraphy and includes a shopping experience as well as a food festival.[8][9] Jashn-e-Rekhta had a record 85,000 attendees in 2016, with many of them being youth.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta 2017: Celebrating Urdu | Three-day Urdu festival". jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  2. ↑ "Celebrating Urdu — Jashn-e-Rekhta to be held in Delhi from February 12 to 14". Images. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  3. ↑ "Meaning of rekhta". Rekhta. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  4. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta | Rekhta". 2015.jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  5. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta | Rekhta". 2016.jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  6. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta to see sessions by literary figures Gulzar, Javed Akhtar among others". Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  7. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta | Rekhta". 2016.jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  8. ↑ "Jashn-e-Rekhta 2017: Celebrating Urdu | Three-day Urdu festival". jashnerekhta.org. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  9. ↑ Bhanj, Jaideep Chandra Deo. "The great global culinary experiment". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
  10. ↑ "Google". www.google.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
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