Jashn-e-Rekhta
Jashn-e-Rekhta (Urdu: جشنِ ریختہ, lit. 'Celebration of Rekhta', Hindi: जश्न-ए-रेख़्ता) is the world's largest Urdu language literary festival. It is a three-day event held in New Delhi that celebrates Urdu language. This event was the flagship event of the Rekhta Foundation. The festival showcases Urdu poetry, Urdu literature, Qawwali, and Islamic calligraphy, with performances such as Ghazal, Sufi music, recitations, panel discussions, debates, conversations on films, and calligraphy workshops. It also includes shopping and food festivals. It provides a platform for Urdu lovers to share their poetry and stories in various open forums. The slogan of the festival is Celebrating Urdu, and it is attended by a huge number of Urdu enthusiasts, younger people 
== History ==
The festival was first held in 2015. It is organised by the Rekhta Foundation, a non-profit organization that is devoted to the preservation and promotion of the Urdu language and culture. 
== Notable participants ==
Jashn-e-Rekhta has seen participation from dozens of Urdu writers and prominent names from the film, music and TV industry from India, Pakistan, and the United States, including: Zia Mohyeddin
Javed Akhtar
Imtiaz Ali
Muzaffar Ali
Tom Alter
Shabana Azmi
Wasim Barelvi
Rekha Bhardwaj
Wadali Brothers
Prem Chopra
Nandita Das
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Ali Akbar Natiq
Nida Fazli
Gulzar
Hans Raj Hans
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
== Critical views ==
Jashn-e-Rekhta received criticism from various corners due to its emphasis on Devanagari script and Roman script in expressing the Urdu literature. Rizwan Ahmad argued that The first few editions did not have the Jashn-e-Rekhta written in Urdu. Recent ones did include the Urdu script, but the schedules were available only in English. The big ‘I LOVE URDU’ cut-out where the youth were seen taking pictures was only in English. Both speak volumes about the targeted audience.

== External links ==
Jashn-e-Rekhta
Rekhta Foundation