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Abhay K
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Read three poems from a poetry anthology about the ecological crises confronting the planet
An excerpt from ‘Greening the Earth: A Global Anthology of Poetry’, edited by K Satchidanandan and Nishi Chawla.
Abhay K, Shanta Acharya & Usha Akella
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‘We are the angry men, loud and meaningless as screeching fighter jets in a war zone’
‘We are the hollow men,’ TS Eliot had written. A poem on war.
Abhay K
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‘An ascetic meditating – turned upside down – the baobab tree’: the Magic of Madagascar in haikus
An excerpt from the introduction and 12 haikus from ‘La Magie de Madagascar|The Magic of Madagascar’, by Abhay K.
Abhay K
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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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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Christmas conjunction of planets: Ten anthems for the solar system
On Monday, December 21, Jupiter and Saturn come together in the sky over Earth for the legendary ‘Christmas kiss’.
Abhay K
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This new anthology of love poems from India sweeps through histories, geographies and societies
An excerpt from editor Abhay K’s ‘Introduction’ to ‘The Bloomsbury Book of Great Indian Love Poems’.
Abhay K
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Kalidasa was an early practitioner of ecopoetry, a genre that the world is waking up to now
The poet-dramatist’s genius brought the ecological and the sensual together.
Abhay K
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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Six poems that offer a virtual journey through Latin America in the age of the lockdown
An excerpt from ‘A-Z, The Alphabets of Latin America’, a collection of 108 poems by poet-diplomat Abhay K.
Abhay K
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How an Indian diplomat created an anthology of poetry on the world’s capitals
Abhay K wanted to find a poem from, or about, every single capital city on the planet. He almost succeeded.
Abhay K
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‘The Partitioned Land (After TS Eliot)’: A poem to recollect Kashmir and Independence
‘Lord Mountbatten, a seer, clairvoyant / had a hunch, nevertheless / the shrewdest politician in the British Empire...’
Abhay K
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic