Poetry Picks
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‘Dreaming of her hunger, I sob in my arms’: Read six new poems by Ashwani Kumar
‘I wake up to the sound of gunshots in the streets. / Where is she? Where is she?’
Ashwani Kumar
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‘Substitute this betrayal with yet another’: Five poems on grief and memories by Salma
Translated from the Tamil by N Kalyan Raman.
Salma
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‘The irony of desire in boxes’: Six poems to remind us of life (and death) on Zoom during Covid-19
‘A zoom screen is no mirror / and I hide self-view because / I am exhausted of / forgetting who I am.’
Saumya R Kedia
Trending
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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CAA is a letdown, but Bengali Hindus in Assam are unlikely to ditch BJP
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Mangalesh Dabral (1948-2020): ‘It’s my heart, not my feet, that’s traversing this vexed world’
Three poems by the legendary poet who died on Wednesday, December 9. Translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.
Mangalesh Dabral
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‘You say nothing, you speak of no one, we hear each other breathe’: Eight poems by Anupama Raju
‘There’s nothing left to talk about. Candles are all out.’ Poetry of silence.
Anupama Raju
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‘A New World Symphony’: A sequence of poems by actor Soumitra Chatterjee
The actor had a deep and long literary life as a playwright, poet, writer and editor. He died on Sunday, November 15, at the age of 85.
Soumitra Chatterjee
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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‘We are going to meet soon’: Read these post-modern love poems in the bhakti tradition
Eight poems by Srivalli, translated from the Tamil by N Kalyan Raman.
Srivalli
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‘The great leader’ appears in Varanasi in this poem about the city’s past and present
A poem from Ashwani Kumar’s collection, ‘Banaras And The Other’.
Ashwani Kumar
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‘A Kind of Freedom Song’: In life and mythology, women find a voice after violence in these poems
Eight poems from Aditi Rao’s second poetry collection.
Aditi Rao
The Reel
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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#NaPoWriMo: 10 poets from India who are embracing (and excelling at) National Poetry Writing Month
This April, like every year since 2003, is bringing us some fantastic daily poetry. Here are 10 poets worth following.
Rohini Kejriwal
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‘Faith is trapped in the teeth of fire’: Two poems by Gulzar on India today
‘Once again necks have lolled, heads have been chopped off / People have been divided, and their gods too.’
Gulzar
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‘Out of Syllabus’: Three poems from Sumana Roy’s dazzling debut collection
In these selections from her first poetry collection, the novelist and memoirist writes of desire, sadness and the violence faced by a woman in India.
Sumana Roy
The Field
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals hold their nerve to beat Gujarat Titans in a high-scoring thriller
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Boxing: Preeti to headline India’s 50-member squad for Asian U-22 & Youth Boxing Championship
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Odisha FC beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant in first leg of semi-final
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Indian men’s and women’s compound teams through to finals
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ISL 2023-24: How first-time head coach Petr Kratky helped Mumbai City FC pick up the pieces