Jammu, Jan 28 (KNS): As part of the Republic Day celebrations, J&K Academy of Art, Culture & Languages organized an All India Urdu Mushaira here on Sunday. Apart from local poets of all hues, eminent poets from various other parts of the country also participated in the literary event and enthralled the audience with their latest verses.
Speaking about the mushaira Secretary JKAACL, Dr. Aziz Hajini said that the Academy has a tradition of hosting this annual event at Jammu every year. According to him the event affords opportunities to poets to recite their latest poetry before poetry lovers of the State.
Minister for Law, Justice, Rural Dev. and Panchayati Raj, Abdul Haq Khan was the chief guest on the occasion. The mushaira was presided over by noted poet-broadcaster, Farooq Nazki and it drew people in large numbers who appreciated the poets with thundering rounds of applause.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The poets who recited poetic verses at the poetic sitting included Pritpal Singh Betab, Vidya Ratan, Ather Bashir, Khurshid Bismil, Khalid Karar, Sajad Panchi, Parvez Manoos, Sultanul Haque, Nighat Sahiba, Zulfkar Naqvi, Nasir-ud-Din Khafi and Umer Farhat.
Pertinent to mention here that Jammu is known for hosting successful Urdu mushairas where audience relish good verses. The main attraction of the mushaira were poets like Chander Bhan, Sardar Panchi, Zubair Ali, Dr. Nuzhat Anjum, Shariq Kaifi, Madam Mohan Mishra, Razia Khan and Rashmi Saba who landed in Jammu from far off places like Delhi, Maharashtra and U. P.
The audience in the jam packed Abhinav Theatre appreciated all the poets whose poetry was well received by poetry lovers. The poetic sitting was moderated by Zahid Mukhtar. (KNS)