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English | Bangla

ART & CULTURE

| 8-minute read

Ghazals, Jashn-e-Rekhta, Rekhti, Rekhta

Rekhta, Rekhti and how women found their voice in Urdu poetry

Who speaks for 'her'.

@iamrana

POLITICS

| 3-minute read

Indian Muslims, Jashn-e-Rekhta, Tarek Fatah

Hounding of Tarek Fatah at Jashn-e-Rekhta must be condemned

The principle of free speech cannot be compromised depending on the political position of the speaker.

ART & CULTURE

| Another Tangent | 3-minute read

Urdu Poetry, Gulzar, Jashn-e-Rekhta

5 stunning gems by Gulzar at Jashn-e-Rekhta

The poet extraordinaire's couplets on Partition, ghar wapsi and belonging were steeped in the essence of Urdu.

@radymess

ART & CULTURE

| 5-minute read

Jashn-e-Rekhta, Mirza ghalib, Urdu, Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar on Urdu as a language of love, life and folk

Major highlights of the concluding day of Jashn-e-Rekhta.

@UrsilaAli

ART & CULTURE

| 9-minute read

Jashn-e-Rekhta, Ismat Chughtai, Manto, Mirza ghalib

Manto, Ghalib and Chughtai come alive at Jashn-e-Rekhta

In this three-day festival, one witnesses the unification of Hindustani languages.

@UrsilaAli