bhopali singers shweta ketkar tejaswita anant nivedita soni molshiree saxena and vyakhya chauhan received training from urdu academy and sang the four hundred year old urdu style of poetry chaarbait and mushairaya in jaal sabhagraha auditorium they are the first female artistes to perform the forgotten style of urdu poetry chaarbait aka pathani raaga they simultaneously sang and played the persian instrument of daf which is also known as dafli with perfection the mehfil came to an end with recital of several mushairayas throughout the performance the audience experienced the rich heritage of urdu culture the artists also presented ghazals written by renowned shayar mirza galib yeh na thi hamari kismat ki bisaalaeyaar hota agar aur jeete rehte toh yahi intezar hotaprofessor ali ahmad fatmi commenced the programme by giving a tribute to mahatma gandhi by shayaris written by various shayars in the urdu adab and named him babaaekom sayli dhodapkar