An Urdu short story recitation event was organised in the city on Wednesday. Held at Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium the event called ‘Afsane Ka Afsana’ was organised by Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy. The entire Ravindra Bhavan Auditorium was jam-packed with Urdu poetry lovers.
The audiences were enthralled to listen to the different beautifully written short stories in Urdu as they chanted ‘waah-waah’ at each story recitation. It is to be noted that ‘Afsana’ refers to a short story in Urdu which is based on different genres like Romantic, Fictitious, or a short tale of any kind.
Notably, various short story tellers from across the country were present at the event ‘Afsane Ka Afsana’. The story tellers from Bhopal including Naeem Kausar, Rasheed Anjum, Shayan Qureshi, Chandrabhan ‘Raahi’, Nafeesa Sultana ‘Ana’ performed. Other than these story tellers, Abrar Mujeeb from Jamshedpur, Renu Bahl from Chandigarh, Ishrad Nahid from Lucknow, Shaan Fakhri from Sironj, Afshan Malik from Aligarh and Gazala Qamar from Noida also perofrmed before the Bhopalites here on Wednesday.
The event was held in two sessions, morning and afternoon. To begin with the event Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Urdu Academy Nusrat Mehdi highlighted about the event and welcomed the audience as well as the performers.
The programme witnessed a huge crowd. People were enjoying every bit of the story recitation. The hall was filled with clappings and appreciation.
Some story tellers or Afsana Nagir spoke about love, some spoke about hate. During the event Gazala Qamar recited her story ‘Tissue Paper’ and Shayan Qureshi recited ‘Maqsad’.