Happy Birthday, Jagjit Singh
The celebrated ghazal singer Jagjit Singh was born on February 8, 1941 and to celebrate this life and works, Mehfil@Prithvi …
Tag Archives: Javed Siddiqui
An Evening With Ismat Apa
Javed Siddiqui (Saab) commenced the mehfil with the introduction of short story writer Ismat Chughtai (Apa) in such an endearing …
Gulzar’s Mehfil – Synopsis
Gulzar’s name is synonymous with Urdu poetry and prose in India and hence at Mehfil@Prithvi, we decided to have an …
Ainee Apa & Lopchu chai
This month, mehfil@Prithvi was dedicated to the intriguing Urdu story writer, Quratulain Haider a.k.a. Aniee Apa. It was a wonderful …
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 …
Words Float Through The Ventilator
Roshandaan literally means “that which has/admits light” or “ventilator”.This is also the title of the book written by renowned writer …
Book Reading@Mehfil
We have selected an interesting assortment of short stories from a book called Roshandaan, which means,” that which has light”. …
Mehfil@Prithvi: Celebrating 100 Years of Saadat Hasan Manto
“From the jilted squalour and refuse of life, he picks out pearls. He enjoys digging in the refuse because he …
Lifting the Veil
Ismat Apa (Ismat Chughtai) and Annie (Qurrat-ul-Ain Haider) would have been peeping from the stars when our third mehfil (on …
Urduwallahs invite you to Mehfil @ Prithvi
Mehfil is the Urdu word for a gathering, and at Prithvi Theatre, it is coming home as a gathering of …
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