Jashn-e-Adab Sahityotsava 15th Edition to Begin at IIC and IHC in Delhi
The 15th foundation day edition of the Jashn-e-Adab Sahityotsava is scheduled to take place in New Delhi from August 21 to 24, hosting cultural and literary programmes across venues including the India International Centre (IIC) and the India Habitat Centre (IHC).
The four-day festival will bring together poets, writers, classical musicians, folk artistes, and performers. The schedule includes poetic symposia, panel discussions, dastangoi, classical and ghazal singing, qawwali, Sufi and folk music, classical dance, and instrumental recitals. Organisers expect an overall footfall of 8,000 to 10,000 people, with 2,000 to 3,000 visitors attending various individual sessions.
Kunwar Ranjeet Chauhan, founder of Jashn-e-Adab, stated that the organisation was established in 2012 to create a multi-stage platform dedicated to promoting Indian languages, literature, art, and culture among younger generations. He added that over the past five years, the organisation has also expanded through two-day "Cultural Caravan" events across 15 states.
The festival will open on August 21 at the Multipurpose Hall of the IIC with an inaugural ceremony, followed by the "Yuva Bahaar" youth poetic symposium. The first day will also feature poet-comedian Padma Shri Surender Sharma, a Mohan Veena jugalbandi by Grammy Award winner and Padma Bhushan Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt accompanied by Pt. Abhishek Mishra on tabla, and a Rajasthani folk music performance by Padma Shri Ustaad Anwar Khan and his troupe.
Programmes on August 22 will include dastangoi, instrumental recitals, classical, semi-classical, and ghazal singing, alongside classical dance forms such as Odissi, Bharatanatyam, and Kathak. The day will conclude with a mehfil-e-qawwali by Rais Anis Sabri and his troupe.
On August 23, the schedule features Sufi singing and qawwali by Saleem Hasan Chishti and his troupe, followed by a conversation between actor-writer Piyush Mishra and journalist Sanket Upadhyay. The day will also include a bansuri performance by Padma Shri Pt. Ronu Majumdar, a panel on cinema's transition to web series featuring actor Manu Rishi Chadha and writer Nirupama Kotru, a performance by ghazal singers Roopkumar Rathod and Sunali Rathod, and an Urdu poetic symposium.
The festival will shift to the Stein Auditorium at the India Habitat Centre on August 24. The final day will open with a performance of "Vande Mataram" by Pt. Ronu Majumdar, followed by Hindustani classical recitals including "Sur-Yamini" by Padma Bhushan Pt. Sajan Mishra and Swaransh Mishra, and a performance by Padma Vibhushan Dr N Rajam, Ragini Shankar, and Pt. Abhishek Mishra.
Entry to the events will be open to registered visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.
