The three-day Jashn-e-Rekhta (Rekhta Festival) that concluded on Sunday once again drew our attention to the shared linguistic, literary and cultural traditions that have evolved over the centuries.

The Rekhta Foundation began as a digital archive. It has now evolved into a larger ecosystem, using technology and ...

Rekhta Foundation has announced the launch of Rekhta Gujarati initiative aimed at promoting the heritage and literature of the Gujarati language and culture. The Rekhta Foundation is now expanding its ...

Urdu Wikisource launches as a global digital library for Urdu literature, enhancing access to rare texts through ...

In recent times, Delhi has shown an appreciation of Urdu in various forms –by participating in mushairas, attending dastangoi sessions or listening to Sufi concerts. But the scale and ambition of the ...

Jashn-e-Rekhta, the biggest Urdu festival in the world, is a 3-day event held annually in New Delhi, that aims to celebrate the beauty and versatility of Urdu. In its fifth edition this year, that ...

This anonymous couplet loosely translates to how there are still a few people who can speak Urdu language, and thus can gracefully dissolve happiness in the atmosphere. Some of these few, have ...

Imagine standing face-to-face with Mirza Ghalib, the legendary Urdu poet, as if he's stepped right out of history. At Jashn-e-Rekhta Dubai 2025, this moment becomes reality through a life-sized ...

In June 1964, a journalist from The New York Times called the librarian at the Indian consulate in New York to find out more about Mirza Ghalib and Meer Taqui Meer. The reason: Ataullah Khan ...

Interview with Sanjiv Saraf -- a crusader of Urdu in India Sanjiv Saraf is a leading businessman of India. Originally from Rajasthan, he was born in Nagpur, Maharashtra in a business family. He went ...

Mumbai: Rekhta Foundation will organise Rekhta Gujarati Utsav in Mumbai to celebrate Gujarati language, literature and culture. The first-of-its-kind event will host ‘mushairas’ by renowned Gujarati ...