The three-day Jashn-e-Rekhta (Rekhta Festival) that concluded on Sunday once again drew our attention to the shared linguistic, literary and cultural traditions that have evolved over the centuries.

Rekhta Foundation has announced the launch of Rekhta Gujarati initiative aimed at promoting the heritage and literature of the Gujarati language and culture. The Rekhta Foundation is now expanding its ...

In June 1964, a journalist from The New York Times called the librarian at the Indian consulate in New York to find out more about Mirza Ghalib and Meer Taqui Meer. The reason: Ataullah Khan ...

In recent times, Delhi has shown an appreciation of Urdu in various forms –by participating in mushairas, attending dastangoi sessions or listening to Sufi concerts. But the scale and ambition of the ...

As Jashn-e-Rekhta, the annual festival celebrating the Urdu language, opened its doors to the city’s young and old alike, its Founder Sanjiv Saraf says if it were “a strictly literary programme”, it ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the world's largest Urdu language literary festival, is all set to be back with its seventh edition. The three-day event, with its slogan of "celebrating Urdu," is a grand affair that ...

Urdu is an 800-year-old language, with a tahzeeb that is rich in eloquence and emotional depth. Due to the patronage it enjoyed among art lovers, Urdu has evolved with a unique ability to convey ...

A Delhi-based businessman, who faced difficulties learning the language, has created an online resource for Urdu that attempts not only to make accessible the rich treasure of literature to anyone but ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, one of the world’s largest Urdu language, literary and cultural festivals, being held annually in New Delhi for eight years, will make its international debut here on Saturday.The ...

The much-anticipated Jashn-e-Rekhta Festival 2024 is all set to take place from December 13 to 15 at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Organised by Huma Khalil, Trustee and Creative Director of the ...

The world’s largest repository of Urdu books is the brainchild of Sanjiv Saraf, the man behind India’s first and largest Urdu festival Jashn-e-Rekhta, who took it upon himself to collect and digitise ...