Jashn-e-Rekhta
jashnerekhta urdu جشنِ ریختہ lit celebration rekhta hindi जश्नएरेख़्ता world largest urdu language literary festival threeday event held new delhi celebrates urdu language event flagship event rekhta foundation festival showcase urdu poetry urdu literature qawwali islamic calligraphy performance ghazal sufi music recitation panel discussion debate conversation film calligraphy workshop also includes shopping food festival provides platform urdu lover share poetry story various open forum slogan festival celebrating urdu attended huge number urdu enthusiast younger people festival first held organised rekhta foundation nonprofit organization devoted preservation promotion urdu language culture jashnerekhta seen participation dozen urdu writer prominent name film music tv industry india pakistan united state including zia mohyeddin javed akhtar imtiaz ali muzaffar ali tom alter shabana azmi wasim barelvi rekha bhardwaj wadali brother prem chopra nandita da shamsur rahman faruqi ali akbar natiq nida fazli gulzar han raj han intizar hussain rahat indori javed jaffrey pandit jasraj prasoon joshi annu kapoor irrfan khan rafaqat ali khan ustad amjad ali khan ustad hamid ali khan ustad rashid khan anwar maqsood anwar masood zia mohyeddin shubha mudgal gopi chand narang munawwar rana shilpa rao waheeda rehman nawazuddin siddiqui sharmila tagore maithili thakur amish tripathi harshdeep kaur zakir khan kumar vishwas saeed naqvi manoj muntashir mahmood farooqui syed sahil agha rehman musawwir jashnerekhta received criticism various corner due emphasis devanagari script roman script expressing urdu literature rizwan ahmad argued first edition jashnerekhta written urdu recent one include urdu script schedule available english big ‘i love urdu’ cutout youth seen taking picture english speak volume targeted audience jashnerekhta rekhta foundation