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An evening dedicated to poetry [India]:
PATNA: Mushaira Jashn-e-Bahar, the celebration of urdu poetry, will bring together some of the well known urdu poets from the different parts of the country here in Patna on Saturday evening at S K Memorial hall.

The noted poets participating in the Mushaira would be Nida Fazli, Shahr Yar, Lata Haya, Gauhar Raza, Rehana Nawab and Syed Faraz Hamid will gather here for the first time under the joint auspices of the Takshila Educational Society, Delhi Public School, Patna and Jashn-e-Bahar Trust, New Delhi. [...]

Jashn-e-Bahar mushaira revives memories of Mughal Era [from 2001]:
NEW DELHI: With the objective of reviving the tradition of `mushaira', which has been a part of the Delhi culture since the Mughal times, an Urdu mushaira, Jashn-e-Bahar (spring celebrations) was held here.

Renowned urdu poets from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh participated in the mushaira last night, which was attended among others by former prime minister Inder Kumar Gujral, rajya sabha member Kuldeep Nayyar and veteran film actress Zohra Sehgal.

According to the organiser of `Jashn-e-Bahar', Kaamna Prasad, the annual event was started in 1999 "with the objective to revive the lost tradition of mushaira and to emphasise the fact that even today young writers from across the country choose Urdu as a vehicle for their creative expression". [...]

Straight Answers [India]:
kaamna prasad, founder director, jashn-e-bahar, on how urdu poetry has managed to survive the pop-culture onslaught with urdu seemingly not the force it once was, what prompted the decision to start the jashn-e-bahar mushaira? dill ke kuche na thay, auraq-e-musavvir thay/ jo shakal nazar ayee, tasveer nazar ayee! in the words of mir, delhi once patronised the great shayars and kavis. jashn-e-bahar is an attempt to continue this tradition. [...]

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