Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi attend Jashn-e-Bahar Mushaira, in Delhi

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Jashn-e-Bahar Mushaira on sectarianism was held in Delhi on 2nd April 1999. Poets from both India and Pakistan took part in this mushaira. Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi and Farooq Shiekh can be seen in the audience. Fahmida Riaz (Urdu: فہمیدہ ریاض‎) (28 July 1946 – 21 November 2018) was a Progressive Urdu writer, poet, human rights activist and feminist of Pakistan. She authored many books, of which some are Godaavari, Khatt-e Marmuz, and Khana e Aab O Gil the first translation in rhyme of the Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi from Persian into Urdu. The author of more than 15 books of fiction and poetry, she remained at the center of controversies. Source: Wikipedia This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from