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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Faltering economy, poor citizens, South Asia’s bully: The reality of India’s global ambitions
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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Shifting goalposts: AIFF chief Kalyan Chaubey needs to come clean on the ISL not having relegation
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Sugar in Nestlé baby food sold in African countries shows how corporations influence public policy
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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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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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Watch: Woman recreates pet parrot’s choreography
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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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Watch: In animated prequel, Baahubali and Bhallaladeva unite to defeat the warlord Raktadeva
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‘Naach Ga Ghuma’ review: Soft landings in saga of a woman and her missing maid
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‘Heeramandi’ review: Lahore Luxe tawaif saga runs on empty
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‘The Fall Guy’ review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt sparkle in entertaining action comedy
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ trailer: Barry Jenkins directs prequel to 2019 photorealistic animated film
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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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ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Rohit Sharma, Ajit Agarkar on team selection, KL Rahul’s omission and more
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India tour of Bangladesh: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana guide India to victory in third T20I
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Salima Tete to lead Indian women’s team for European leg
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Badminton, Thomas and Uber Cup 2024: Indian women lose to Japan, men to China in quarter-finals
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Squash, Saurav Ghosal interview: ‘People enjoyed watching me, this was the legacy I wanted to leave’