Come December, and New Delhi reverberates with the soulful melodies of Jashn-e-Rekhta, a three-day festival that celebrates Urdu language, literature, and culture through poetry, qawwali, Sufi music, and captivating performances alongside book fairs, traditional cuisine, and intellectual discussions. For the first time, Mumbai will get a taste of this festival that will be held tomorrow at the NCPA through Shaam-e-Rekhta, in collaboration with Harish & Bina Shah Foundation. It features an evocative performance that captures the poetic essence of Noor Jehan’s journey through dance and poetry and a mushaira featuring poets like Waseem Barelvi, Javed Akhtar, Vijendra Singh Parvaz, and Pooja Bhatia, among others.

A moment from a mushaira from a previous edition