Gurugram : Located in the middle of the city, amidst beautiful lush green scenic beauty lays this beautiful shayari cafe, named Guftagu Cafe. It feels good to write poetry and shayari, but what feels more beautiful is to share it with like-minded people. Poets in Delhi NCR can now consider themselves fortunate enough to be given a cafe to celebrate the unspoken feelings in the heart of the city in Gurugram, near Sikanderpur metro station.
Imagine an evening, when a deep voice, reciting a beautiful couplet is being heard on the main road of DLF phase-2 , and you get so moved by the couplet that when you move inside, you get to notice a cosy cafe specializing in multicuisine. Yes! That’s what you get to see often, as one walks inside, aglow with dainty fairy lights and dangling bulbs covered with bamboo ceiling with each corner connecting you to the mood and essence of Shayari. And what even surprises you more that these poems and shayaris are being penned down by aspiring and emerging poets of the city.
The cafe has already witnessed prominent guests and dignitaries from the industry like famous cricketer Yuvraj Singh, Senior Congress leader Yoganand Shastri, DGP -Andaman Nicobar , Deependra Pathak, famous RJs like RJ Ramit Jain and RJ Divya, who have not only appreciated its beautiful ambience but have remarked positive reviews about the food too! Very recently the Cafe conducted its first Jashn-e- guftagu night, which was witnessed by poets, shayars, entertainers and singers like Durgesh Awasthi, Gunjan Mehta, Honeish Batra, Aditi Anand, Monis Rehman and Kinjal Roy who not only lit the moods on, but brought a lot of talent directly to the mikes.Consider this as Mecca for all Poetry enthusiasts, where more efforts are being diverted towards creating an ambience of versus.
The uniqueness of this cafe is the absence of internet, yes no internet so that you can talk as much as you can! Believe us, this is the only place where poetry sharing is a community expression, rather than restricting it to readings by one person/ a set of poets.
Team of Guftagu Cafe
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| Kritika Wasson, RJ Rahul Makin and Vikas Sharma |
Kritika Wasson: The lady behind conceptualising, designing and executing this beautiful cafe. Or we should rather refer to her as the Boss lady whose love for food and music gave birth to Guftagu Cafe. She often refers to herself as an art lover,and believes in leading by example. She was amongst the 100 upcoming women faces of India. As far as her professional journey is concerned she was a young media professional who has worked with top business magazines of India , she has curated many successful events while working with who’s who of the Industry and is now a budding hotelier of the town.
RJ Rahul Makin: Often referred to as “A repugnant Love guru” whose shayari has awwed everyone in the B-town. His love for poetry made him come with such a platform where people can simply share and talk despite of wasting time in sitting glued to the cellphones, while spending time with closed ones
Vikas Sharma: Who has proved that degree is just not needed to come up with a successfully flourishing business. A perfect example of talent without certification is what Vikas is all about. An MBA Dropout, crowd-funding expert by skill,a serial entrepreneur at heart,a sports supporter by passion, and a Marketeer and a Brand Evangelist by experience is what sums up vikas in totality. Apart from Guftagu his other ventures include Creator’s Gurukul, Desired Wings.com, Catapooolt.com, and 7 Miles.
The unique trio of Kritika, Vikas and RJ Rahul Makin, wants to follow their vision of coming up with such places PAN INDIA which will break away from the conventional image of shayars meeting in a mushaira. Using the power of speech and food, they are and will be creating a new legacy of shayari over food with one belief that in one corner of a poet's mind, sher are always being written. But poetry needs the company of other poets and that can be only done at Guftagu Cafe. So, what are you waiting for, pen down your feelings and reach out to Guftagu cafe now!
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