Mushairas now used to garner votes: Urdu poet Munawwar Rana

March 15, 2015 15:13

Once integral to Mughal culture,'mushairas' or poetic symposiums have now been politicised and are being used to garner votes, says Sahitya Akademi Award winning Urdu poet Sayyad Munawwar Ali Rana.

"Mushairas are now politicised. Ministers have been organising mushairas in order to draw votes into their kitty.The shayaris are thus hardlined and the standard does notremain the same," the poet said.

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