Uses Of Poetry
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Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
They push back against narratives of heterosexual relationships or romantic coupling being the most important relationship in a person’s life.
Shannon McHugh, The Conversation
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‘...Everything, everything is gone’: The aesthetics of First World War poems and what they mean now
Poets began to realise that the war would bring nothing but widespread destruction.
Rashmi Mehta
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‘We love life if we find a way to it’: Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s enduring absences
The path to enduring peace is through remembering the humanity of others, especially those who may be on the other end of our political beliefs.
Kaushik Barua
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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A/nil’s new book of poetry, ‘The Absent Color’, is a conversation – of, for, and by himself
A/nil spoke of his bafflement with borders, of the Bengali minority dominating the local tribal majority and the isolation that united him and Ambedkar.
Swati Singh
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‘Don’t weep, my child; your mom will come’: A ghazal for a child in war-ravaged Gaza
‘There won’t be wounds, blood or debris. In sleep, my child; your mom will come.’
Ammar Aziz
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‘There is a ban even on breathing’: Leftist poet Birendra Chattopadhyay on the horrors of war
‘We, the peace-loving, just need six feet of land to survive.’
Birendra Chattopadhyay & Sayandeb Chowdhury
Video
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Watch: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Poetry on campus: Verses by two poets about the sights around their universities
Poems by Nikita Parik and Namrata Pathak.
Nikita Parik & Namrata Pathak
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‘We pointed to the potential’: Priya Sarukkai Chabria as e-journal ‘Poetry at Sangam’ shuts down
‘Poetry at Sangam is an inclusive space. Here, poetry holds dazzling display of forms and formulations of language, emotion, thought, and sacrality.’
Mani Rao
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The inheritance of loss: ‘History may be written by victors but songs are sung by survivors’
‘The human life is the greatest metaphor of all. How are we to say what a life could do and what it could be?’
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Alison James, Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas & Avik Chanda
The Reel
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Premiere date announced for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Heeramandi’
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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The secret ingredient of Pratik Gandhi’s success: ‘Salt to taste’
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‘Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’ trailer: Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff team up for action thriller
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Ambedkarite poet NK Hanumantayya wrote lyrically to articulate the pain and hopes of the oppressed
His way of responding to the unjust world he inhabited was recognised by both readers and critics.
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘Ambedkar dwells within me, Ambedkar dwells within you’: Anita Bharti’s poetry tribute to Babasaheb
The four poems have been translated from the Hindi by Nikhil Pandhi.
Nikhil Pandhi
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‘A woman and fire are as ancient as civilisation’: Six Dalit-feminist poems by Poonam Tushamad
Translated from the Hindi by Nikhil Pandhi.
Poonam Tushamad
The Field
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to open his 2024 season at Doha Diamond League in May
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: PV Sindhu wins opening match; Indian men’s singles campaign ends
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Captain’s log: The Indian Premier League has become a grooming ground for new captains