Delhi fest celebrates 18th-century Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer
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MEER KI DILLI SHAHJAHANABAD THE EVOLVING CITY Delhi fest celebrates 18th-century Urdu poet Meer Taqi Meer director of the organisation s Earlier Delhi was called the city social and cultural geography of UDBHAV SETH AND United Kingdom branch told The of the dead as it was full of tombs Delhi through the prism of monu- ADITYAVADDEPALLI Indian Express Meer was promi- There is no archaeological evi- ments and buildings he said NEW DELHI FEBRUARY 15 nent in shaping the language The dence about the city between the adding that Baig s work was one festival will explore the history an- Vedic period and the 10th century of the first which described Delhi s A FOUR-DAY festival honouring thropology culture waterways AD Our session will explore the oldest buildings monuments the work of Meer Taqi Meer a and food of Shahjahanabad Urdu city s transition from the bazaars kings and musicians renowned 18th-century Urdu which is also called Rekhta means Mahabharata period to when it Historian Swapna Liddle poet kicked off at the India mixture It used to be the language was called Shahjahanabad We scheduled to speak at two sessions International Centre IIC in Delhi of the common people and is in- will explore the emergence of the at 2 30 pm on Friday and at 12 on Thursday herently secular as it accepts Persian language said Rezavi pm on Sunday is set to make the The festival titled Meer lci Dilli words from other languages The Javed Akhtar and Saif Mahmood during the event at India At 4 pm on Saturday critic attendees explore Shahjahanabad Shahjahanabad The Evolving language has gone through con- International Centre in Delhi on Thursday Suanshu Khurana Shafey Kidwai would hold talks on through photographs and images City hosting book launches siderable changes and the festival books showcasing the ethnogra- I will use historical maps fi-om the seminars and cultural events is will explore all the phases of the phy of Shahjahanabad like Mirza mid-19th century to show you all organised by Anjuman Taraqqi transformation of Urdu feature Dastan-i-Mir a dastan- sition from Dehli-i-Kunha the first Sangeen Baig s Sairul Manazil sorts of lanes and gullies and how Urdu Hind one of the oldest Alongside conversations with goi presentation by Mahmood and the oldest city built by Qutb- 1821 Sirsyed Ahmad Khan s they looked back then I will also Urdu literary institutions in India poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar and Farooqui and Darain Shahidi ud-din Aibak the founder of the Asarus Sandeed 1847 revised in discuss the people who lived Entry to the festival is fi-ee for all actor-director Naseeruddin Shah Historian Ali Nadeem Rezavi is Delhi Sultanate to 1854 and Baseehuruddin s there with some of the streets Delivering the keynote ad- onThursday and Saturday respec- scheduled to speak at the festival Shahjahanabad the seventh city Waqeate Darul Hukumat Delhi named on them she told The dress on Thursday Saif Mahmood tively the finale on Sunday will at 10 30 am on Friday on the tran- built in 1648 by Shah Jahan 1909 Mese books showcase the Indian Express