Poets from US, Japan in Delhi mushaira
NEW DELHI: The annual Jashn-eBahar mushaira, one of the popular poetry symposia in the national Capital, will be held on April 13 with distinguished poets from the country and abroad reciting their couplets.
Some of the countries from where poets are expected to participate in the 20th edition of the event are: Japan, USA, Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Bangladesh.
Abdullah Abdullah and Farhat Shahzad will represent the US, while Taqi Abedi from Canada, So Yamane from Japan and Omar Salim Al-aidroos from Saudi Arabia will reach Delhi for the poetic soiree.
The mushaira will be held at the Delhi Public School, Mathura Road.
Eminent Indian poets Wasim Barelvi, Mansoor Usmani, Popular Meeruthi, Laxmi Shankar Bajpai, Shabeena Adeeb, Gauhar Raza, Dipti Misra, Iqbal Ashhar, Manzar Bhopali, Minu Bakshi Sahiba, Rehana Nawab, Liaqat Jafri, and Hussain Haidry will also be participating in the event.
Kathak maestro Pandit Birju Maharaj will be the chief guest, while former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi will preside the literary evening, the event’s organisers said.
The mission and aim is to preserve and promote India’s syncretic cultural and literary traditions and foster amity and peace through poetry, says Kamna Prasad, founder of the Jashn-eBahar Trust.
“For the past two decades, Jashn-e-bahar has strived to provide a platform to showcase Urdu’s amazing evolutionary journey in modern times. In this 20th edition of the mushaira, we want to celebrate this beautiful Indian language and its unique literary kaleidoscope at an even larger scale,” she said.