Written by Nawaid Anjum |Updated: December 3, 2019 8:33:06 am
After Rekhta skips ‘Urdu’ on posters of its annual festival, lovers of the language fret, organisers bring it back
Jashn-e-Rekhta has a distinct Urdu flavour and brings together admirers of the language from the spectrum of academia as well as popular culture.
‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’, the annual festival of Urdu organised by the Rekhta Foundation, was at the centre of a conversation after it sent out some posters of its annual celebration of Urdu, “Jashn-e-Rekhta: Celebrating Urdu” without mentioning the word Urdu. The three-day festival, which is set to hold its sixth edition at Dhyan Chand National stadium in Delhi on December 13, sent out some posters to its speakers, with the title, “Jashn-e-Rekhta: The Biggest Celebration of Hindustani Language & Culture”. The foundation, however, did not make any official statement on the change, which triggered a debate among the admirers of Urdu on Monday. “It seems Jashn-e-Rekhta has surrendered to the powers that be,” says author and journalist Ziya Us Salam, adding that the name change has come about right after the Delhi High Court asked the police to cut down on “difficult” words in Urdu. A spokesperson from Rekhta said that their core has been and will remain Urdu.
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