Jashn-e-Adab to mark 15 years with four-day festival in Delhi
The Jashn-e-Adab Sahityotsava festival is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a four-day event in New Delhi featuring literature, music, and performing arts. The festival aims to reconnect younger generations with Indian cultural traditions and languages.
Why it matters
Cultural festivals play a vital role in preserving heritage and promoting artistic expression across diverse Indian traditions.
New Delhi is set to host a four-day celebration of literature, music and the performing arts as Jashn-e-Adab Sahityotsava marks its 15th foundation day from August 21 to 24. The festival will bring together poets, writers, classical musicians, folk artistes and performers at venues including the India International Centre (IIC) and India Habitat Centre (IHC).
The festival will feature literary and cultural programmes, including poetic symposia, panel discussions, dastangoi, classical and ghazal singing, qawwali, Sufi and folk music, classical dance and instrumental performances.
Speaking to The Hindu , Jashn-e-Adab founder Kunwar Ranjeet Chauhan stated that the festival was conceived as a platform to reconnect younger generations with India’s languages, literature and cultural traditions.
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