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                                                   Writers Saif 
                                                   Mahmood and 
                                                   Javed Akhtar 
                                                   will talk during 
                                                   a session on 
                                                   day 2











                                                                                                                   Catch It Live

                                                                                   Among the theatrical            What  Jashn-e-Reklita 
            -w hat most of you                four stages that are set up at the performances is also the play     2023
                       know today as Urdu     venue  Not just panel              With Love  Aapki Saiyaara  Juhi   Where  Major Dhyan 
                       language was once      discussions  but almost every      Babbar Soni  writer-director-     Chand National Stadium  
                       called Rekhta          possible form of art and culture   actor  says   I feel the audience India Gate Circle
            Renowned poet Mirza Ghalib        will be celebrated through this    will surely resonate with the     When  December 8  6pm  
            also wrote in Rekhta  which       multi-hued event  starting from    character of Saiyaara  who        December 9 and 10  11am 
            came to be known as Urdu in       ghazal  qawwali and Sufi music     speaks Hindustani                 to 9pm 
            the late 19th Century  And this   to dastangoi  poetry and food                                        Nearest Metro Station  
            is the language that the popular     Mahmood Farooqui  writer-       Henna Rakheja                     Supreme Court  Blue Line 
            festival  Jashn-e-Rekhta  is      director-dastango  who will 
            devoted to                        present Dastan-e-Meer  says  
               Urdu is a language of love      This dastan celebrates
            There is no scope of any          300 years of Meer Taqi 
            religion or small-mindedness in   Meer  who was one of          I ll be discussing
            the language itself   shares      the biggest poets of 
            Huma Khalil  trustee  Rekhta      18th Century     Even          my books  The 
            Foundation  adding   The 45       today  those who           Anarchy and The Last 
            sessions this year will cover all don t know Meer 
            aspects of Urdu language and      know his phrases         Mughal  and focus on the
            allow those with a hectic life    such as  Jaan hai toh         literary lives of the
            especially the youngsters  to let jahaan hai   That s 
            their hair down and feel alive    how relevant this                  protagonists 
              To bring this vision to life    poet is and will always 
            there will be 150-plus artistes   be                             WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 
            who will perform across the                                            Historian-author


















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                                         Singer Rekha Bhardwaj and filmmaker         Juhi Babbar Soni in the play With Love  Aapki Saiyaara
                                         Vishal Bhardwaj will open the fest with a                                           PHOTOS  INSTAGRAh
                                         ghazal and Sufi recital









Singer Javed Ali will conclude the fest 
with his Sufi notes
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