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  • The ghazal meets politics and contemporary India in Maaz Bin Bilal’s new book of poetry

    The ghazal meets politics and contemporary India in Maaz Bin Bilal’s new book of poetry

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Jul 30, 2019 · 05:30 pm
  • Listen to Rahat Indori reciting the powerful poem that Mahua Moitra quoted in her Lok Sabha speech

    Listen to Rahat Indori reciting the powerful poem that Mahua Moitra quoted in her Lok Sabha speech

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 27, 2019 · 10:00 am
  • How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman

    How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Mar 31, 2019 · 12:30 pm
  • Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

    Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

    Bahadur Shah Zafar Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Nov 07, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • This children’s book starring a dragon doesn’t shy away from showing the inequalities of India

    This children’s book starring a dragon doesn’t shy away from showing the inequalities of India

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Oct 07, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • ‘Gunshot’: This inimitable story by Manto is a poignant reminder of life with a disability

    ‘Gunshot’: This inimitable story by Manto is a poignant reminder of life with a disability

    Saadat Hasan Manto
    · Dec 03, 2017 · 07:00 am
  • ‘What lies beyond the fog?’ A variety never seen before in a collection of Urdu stories

    ‘What lies beyond the fog?’ A variety never seen before in a collection of Urdu stories

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Nov 25, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Eleven contemporary poems that remind us to substitute violence with empathy (especially right now)

    Eleven contemporary poems that remind us to substitute violence with empathy (especially right now)

    Sudhansu Firdaus
    · Jul 09, 2017 · 06:00 am
  • India’s first poetry biennale shows that such events need to be held more often

    India’s first poetry biennale shows that such events need to be held more often

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Apr 16, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • India’s new poetry is suddenly both political (is there a choice?) and personal

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

    Nabina Das
    · Apr 09, 2017 · 08:30 am
  • Why reading poetry in the rain also means reading rain into poetry

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

    Nabina Das
    · Jun 26, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • How 40 poets under 40 are writing India of the 1980s and 1990s

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

    Nabina Das
    · May 28, 2016 · 12:00 pm
  • Remembering Nehru, Gandhi, Ghalib: Four poems by Sahir Ludhianvi

    Remembering Nehru, Gandhi, Ghalib: Four poems by Sahir Ludhianvi

    Sahir Ludhianvi
    · May 09, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • To Rohith Vemula and Mirza Ghalib: Being stardust

    To Rohith Vemula and Mirza Ghalib: Being stardust

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Apr 30, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • How Delhi is becoming a city of post offices for poetry

    How Delhi is becoming a city of post offices for poetry

    Nabina Das
    · Apr 02, 2016 · 01:30 pm
  • Two poems that show an Islamic tradition of celebrating Holi and colours

    Two poems that show an Islamic tradition of celebrating Holi and colours

    Various
    · Mar 24, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Three love poems by Ghalib for every day of the year

    Three love poems by Ghalib for every day of the year

    Mirza Ghalib
    · Feb 14, 2016 · 02:30 pm
  • What Dadri tells us about the toll that intolerance can take on friendship

    What Dadri tells us about the toll that intolerance can take on friendship

    Maaz Bin Bilal
    · Dec 26, 2015 · 06:45 pm
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