Poetry
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‘A critical reading of the Ramayana opened me up to its riches’: Poet Vivek Narayanan
Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas
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‘My kind of ideas are practical ideas. There is nothing ideological about them’: Poet Vijay Seshadri
Jeet Thayil John Wilkinson
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‘Mother Muse Quintet’: Naveen Kishore’s new book of poetry offers lyrical gratitude to memories
Sayari Debnath
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A poem without verbs: The beauty of Dalit poet Omprakash Valmiki’s poem ‘Thakur Ka Kuan’
James Edwards
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‘My Invented Land’: Robin S Ngangom’s new book of poems proves he is a poet of slow epiphanies
Sarabjeet Garcha
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Naveen Kishore’s new book of poetry is an ode to the memories of the birth mother and mother tongue
Naveen Kishore
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‘My Daughter’s Wedding’: Sangeeta Kampani’s poetry reveals the power and persistence of patriarchy
Veeksha Vagmita
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When a cobbler in South Bombay is seen reading the poetry of Guru Ravidas
Vineet Gill
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In striking verse, how the women saints of Bhakti movement told their stories
Chitra Srikrishna
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‘Kural’ versus ‘Kural’: The aesthetics and politics of two translations of Tiruvalluvar’s classic
Suchitra Ramachandran
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‘The plague moves on; for death it is harvest time’: Keki N Daruwalla has a new book of poetry
Keki N Daruwalla
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Sylvia Plath’s profound nature poetry elevates her writing beyond tragedy and despair
Nassim Jalali, The Conversation
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KV Tirumalesh (1940-2023) enriched Kannada poetry with his eclectic taste and cosmopolitanism
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘I’ve inherited nothing of your gentle ways or culinary skills’: Four poems by Robin S Ngangom
Robin S Ngangom
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International Mother Language Day: 15 Indian language books to read in translation
Scroll Staff
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‘Give up desire or give up shame’: Meena Kandasamy translates parts of ‘Tirukkural’ afresh
Tiruvalluvar Meena Kandasamy
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‘Failure is an opportunity. Failure is art. Failure is human’: Poet Raena Shirali
Mariyam Haider
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‘The writing lost its way, and found its end in you’: Five poems by writer-activist Ruth Vanita
Ruth Vanita
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‘The Natural Language of Grief’: These poems voice the anxieties of the pandemic, nature, existence
Tabish Nawaz
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Watch: Italian opera singer and pianist perform Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry through music
Scroll Staff