Jashn-e-Hindustan

An evening where the subcontinent's most celebrated poets and writers share one stage — verse, wit and repartee under the open sky, in the great tradition of the classical bazm.

The flagship night of poetry. Masters of Urdu and Hindi verse trade ghazals and nazms late into the night, carrying forward a courtly tradition that is centuries old.

Harmonium, tabla and soaring voices in ecstatic devotion — a night of qawwali in the lineage of Amir Khusrau, performed by one of India's great gharana ensembles.

An intimate baithak of Sufi kalaam — where a single voice, a harmonium and four hundred listeners share the same breath. Seating on the lawn, mattresses and masnads.

Bolo. Socho. Badlo. Young orators from across the country argue the questions that will shape India's next decade — moderated, fierce, and always civil.

As the light turns gold, a qawwali ensemble opens the evening with compositions moving from khayal into kalaam — the sound of two traditions meeting.