‘You’re a poet, don’t be silent’: Ranjit Hoskote translates ‘god of poetry’ Mir Taqi Mir from Urdu

Mir Taqi Mir Ranjit Hoskote

· Aug 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Poetry picks: Six poems by Indian and international poets about their lives and realities

Najwan Darwish Kareem James Abu-Zeid David Herd Habib Tengour Will Harris Delaina Haslam Anitha Thampi AJ Thomas Mantra Mukim Sharmistha Mohanty

· Aug 17, 2024 · 05:30 pm

A new book brings translations of Sarmad’s quatrains, which had enchanted even Prince Dara Shikoh

Sarmad Syeda Saiyidain Hameed Reyaz Ahmad

· Aug 16, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘What happened to the flowers?’: What absolute freedom looks like for publisher-poet Naveen Kishore

Naveen Kishore

· Aug 15, 2024 · 06:30 pm

Songs of freedom: The idea of liberty is woven into the fabric of Indian poetry

Chitra Srikrishna

· Aug 15, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘Riverside Stories’: This book of writings from Assam gives space to marginalised voices and themes

Shibani Phukan

· Aug 11, 2024 · 07:30 am

‘Wild Women’: Anthology of Bhakti poems shows how women shaped language subconscious in India

Anamika

· Aug 10, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Can a poem be adapted into a video game? Here’s what I learned from trying

Jon Stone, The Conversation

· Jul 27, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘He gives life to all gods’: Krishna and his wife Satyabhama’s story from Murty Classical Library

Nandi Timmana Harshita Mruthinti Kamath Velcheru Narayana Rao

· Jul 22, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Pali was a friend, a companion’: Poet-lyricist Gulzar’s ode to his pet dog Pali on World Dog Day

Gulzar

· Jul 21, 2024 · 07:30 am

‘One drop created us all ’: How Kabir sought inclusivity and oneness through his poetry

Shabnam Virmani

· Jul 15, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘Treasurer of Piggy Banks’: The cosmic and the planetary in Vinod Kumar Shukla’s poetry

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

· Jul 13, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘I pray because I do not know what else to do’: Writer Jerry Pinto’s poem for Palestine

Jerry Pinto

· Jul 03, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Sweet Shop’: Amit Chaudhuri (re)opens intimate, everyday spaces for English poetry from India

Sonal Dugar

· Jun 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘No poem or story can exist without its spine of the truths of the world’: Poet Rochelle Potkar

Jayanth Kodkani

· Jun 29, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘Gurram Jashuva showed that stigmatised people are worthy of poetry’: Translator Chinnaiah Jangam

Saurabh Sharma

· Jun 22, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Birth alone is a harsh prison’: Read Hindi poet Leeladhar Jagoori’s verses translated into English

Leeladhar Jagoori Matt Reeck

· May 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm

How men depict women’s attire such as the aanchal, the angiya, or the dupatta in Urdu poetry

Rakhshanda Jalil

· May 23, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Mountains too are equal to men’: In these poems, the personal has a ripple effect on the world

Rochelle Potkar

· May 13, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets

G Akila R Suresh Babu Kanjini Devi Lakshmi Iyer Ravi Kiran

· May 08, 2024 · 01:30 pm