When the evening got a bit shaayarana for Lucknowites

Lucknowites witnessed an evening of sher-o-shayari at an event organised at Kaifi Azmi Academy by a private organisation. Shayar

Mohammad Amirbin Salman

from Kuwait was awarded the

Urdu

Adab award while Dr Hariom was awarded the Sahityashri award.
Followed by the felicitation was the

mushaira

night where several shayars recited their own couplets. The first one to step on stage was Wasif Farooqi followed by Afreedi, who won several applause for their shayari from the audience. The shayari recited by Charan Singh Bashar and Khurshid Haider garnered likes from the people.
— Prachi Arya

(L) Aisha Siddiqui (R) Ali Moid (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Ameer Haider (R) Anis Ansari (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Athar Nabi (R) Meraj Haider (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Nawab Masood Abdullah (R) Rafat Fatima (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)

(L) Siraj Mehdi (R) Syed Sibtey Razi and Sharib Rudaulvi (BCCL/ Farhan Ahmad Siddiqui)