Poems from prison by GN Saibaba (1967-2024): ‘I realised that jail is not death / it is my rebirth’

GN Saibaba

· Oct 14, 2024 · 04:08 pm

‘Love is self-generating / Nimble and uninhibited’: Read three poems by writer Iffat Nawaz

Iffat Nawaz

· Oct 08, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Writer R Raj Rao on why biographies of living poets are crucial to understanding their work

R Raj Rao

· Oct 04, 2024 · 08:30 am

‘A House of Words’: Indian writers honour Keki N Daruwalla’s enduring influence on literature

Mallik Thatipalli

· Sep 30, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Audience view: Jerry Pinto’s live poetry performance encapsulates his life of words

Swati Rai

· Sep 28, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘The Dust Draws Its Face on the Wind’: A landscape of feelings in Avinash Shrestha’s poetry

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

· Sep 28, 2024 · 01:30 pm

Keki N Daruwalla, pioneering Indian English-language poet, dies at 87

Scroll Staff

· Sep 27, 2024 · 01:33 pm

Sunday book pick: The poems in WH Auden’s ‘Another Time’ flaunt his talents as a storyteller

Sayari Debnath

· Sep 22, 2024 · 03:30 pm

‘When He so willed, He birthed the universe’: Guru Nanak’s hymns get a new English translation

Nirman Gill

· Sep 06, 2024 · 01:30 pm

‘Clouds of haze / melt the mountains / with Buddha’s hum’: A new book of poemlets by Sukrita

Sukrita Paul Kumar

· Sep 04, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘Tomorrow, you watch, god will sprout from me’: Nepali poet Avinash Shrestha in translation

Avinash Shrestha Rohan Chhetri

· Sep 02, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘An act of dancing in chains’: Ranjit Hoskote on the ‘luxury of interpretation’ in translation

Tansy Troy

· Sep 01, 2024 · 07:30 am

‘Extinction is blood on my hands’: Vinita Agrawal’s poems about our disappearing natural wealth

Vinita Agrawal

· Aug 26, 2024 · 05:30 pm

‘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