Hyderabad, May 19 -- Imagine Quli Qutub Shah, the founder of Hyderabad, stepping into the bustling city he once envisioned. With his poetic soul and a keen eye for aesthetics, he might feel utterly lost - or perhaps deeply amused - by the transformation of his city. That's precisely the premise of the uproarious satirical story,Quli Qutub Shah Ka Safarnama, by noted humourist Mujtaba Hussain, which was presented as part of theAsnafe Suqan Goeeprogramme held at the Maulana Azad Oriental Research Institute in Public Garden on Sunday.

Audience at the Asnaf-e-Suqan Goee programme

The weekly event aims to rekindle love for the Urdu language and literature through dramatic readings of classic and contemporary works. The audience, drawn from a...