New Delhi, Dec. 8 -- Renowned Kashmiri poet, storyteller, and critic Yousuf Jahangeer has been chosen to represent the Kashmiri language at the prestigious National Symposium of Poets 2026, organised by Prasar Bharati on the eve of Republic Day.

Akashvani has selected one poet from each of the 22 scheduled Indian languages for what is being hailed as the world's largest poetic symposium. The complete list of poets and their translators was officially released by Prasar Bharati today.

Yousuf Jahangeer's widely acclaimed poem Rooh Te Raaz (The Soul and the Secret) will be featured in the national broadcast. A celebrated literary figure with seventeen published books, Jahangeer is known for writing seamlessly in Kashmiri, Urdu, and English...