Migration and gunfire are young poets’ material for writing about the Partition

A gathering of poets at ‘Museum of Memories: Remembering Partition’ opened up a dialogue.

Nabina Das

· Yesterday · 10:35 pm

A terrible beauty shines through this tea garden poet’s fierce verses on war, freedom, erotica

A raw, energetic voice that illuminates the dream of a better world.

Nabina Das

· May 27, 2017 · 05:30 pm

India’s new poetry is suddenly both political (is there a choice?) and personal

What new verses are flowering this summer?

Nabina Das

· Apr 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

Can poetry be one of the answers to misogyny in India (and the world)?

Women are writing. But can men read?

Nabina Das

· Jan 29, 2017 · 07:30 am

Growing up in the North East with the poetry and literature of insurgency

It was both a call to revolution and balm for the soul.

Nabina Das

· Nov 05, 2016 · 08:45 am

Why those who revel in India’s literary traditions should celebrate Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize

Oral poetry, songs and legends are very much part of literature, no matter what social media warriors may say.

Nabina Das

· Oct 16, 2016 · 07:30 pm

How the politics of protest uses poetry as one of its strongest voices

When the fine line between verse and slogans is erased.

Nabina Das

· Oct 09, 2016 · 12:30 pm

Why reading Manohar Shetty’s poetry is like knowing the earth all over again

The poet is a time machine but not just to go back to the past.

Nabina Das

· Sep 03, 2016 · 08:30 am

The universe of young Dalit poets after Rohit Vemula: from stardust to stars

Two Dalit poets are writing angrily and poignantly in English – some upper caste readers are unhappy.

Nabina Das

· Aug 21, 2016 · 09:30 am

Why reading poetry in the rain also means reading rain into poetry

“The lovers brought with them a sky / and took away the sun.”

Nabina Das

· Jun 26, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Monsoon is the best season to read Jayanta Mahapatra’s poetry

'His verse howls like the breeze tormenting the choppy waves of the rainy Bay of Bengal.'

Nabina Das

· Jun 11, 2016 · 10:30 am

How 40 poets under 40 are writing India of the 1980s and 1990s

A new anthology captures liberalisation and after through poetry.

Nabina Das

· May 28, 2016 · 12:00 pm