Rajinder Singh Bedi @Mehfil
Rajinder Singh Bedi (1915–1984) was a progressive Urdu writer, playwright and a Hindi film director,screenwriter and dialogue writer. He is one of the greatest 20th century progressive writers of Urdu …
Category Archives: Urdu Mehfils
Intoxication@Mehfil
Yaaron khataa ma’af meri, main nashe mein hoon, Saghar mein mai, mai mein nasha, main nashe mein hoon Meer Taqi Meer …
Love was in the air..
Yeh ishq nahi aasaan, bas itna samajh lee jiye Ek aag ka darya hai, Aur doob ke jaana hai Love, …
Qawwali
Qawwali is a revered and refreshing musical tradition that dates back to the 8th Century Persia (today’s Iran and Afghanistan) …
Sahafat (Journalism) @ Mehfil
The evening at Mehfil was somber, as the topic for the evening was loaded. The audience who floated in were …
Journalism And Urdu- Mehfil @Prithvi
Urdu Journalism finds its traces in the depths of history. Many profound writers who went on to work in films …
Khutoot – Follow Up
As we bid farewell to the 143-year-old tradition of telegraphs in India, which was the only means of brisk communication …
Letters@Mehfil
At the dawn of the twenty-first century it may be difficult to see the value of letter writing as a …
Manto’s Mammad Bhai
Prolific Urdu short story writer, Saadat Hasan Manto wrote several stories that unbridle the underbelly of Mumbai. One such story …
An Evening Spent In The Company Of Firaaq Gorakhpuri
9th of April 2013 was the date set for the mehfil on poet Firaaq Gorakhpuri. As dusk painted its colour …
