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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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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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: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement
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Paris Olympics 2024: Long jumper Sreeshankar Murali ruled out of Games with knee injury
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Badminton: Kento Momota, former world champion, announces international retirement
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju drops to second after draw against Fabiano Caruana