In this Indian singer’s haunting voice, you can hear the richness of Bulleh Shah and Nirala’s poetry

Vandana Shukla

· Jan 22, 2018 · 03:30 pm

‘Only political stupidities or atrocities excite me to write verse now’: Keki N Daruwalla

Rohini Kejriwal

· Jan 21, 2018 · 05:45 pm

A diplomat is taking Indian poetry to the world through translations of a hundred ‘great poems’

Marina Della Valle Francesca Cricelli

· Jan 18, 2018 · 08:30 am

Jonahwhale: Five poems from Ranjit Hoskote’s new book that listens to the histories of the seas

Ranjit Hoskote

· Jan 13, 2018 · 07:30 am

Five newly published poets reveal new directions for Indian poetry in English

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jan 09, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘What is it about heterosexual love that can make it incompatible with a truly feminist life?’

Nikita Deshpande

· Jan 06, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Christmas in India: Today’s saffron mobs should read this Kipling poem from 1886

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Dec 25, 2017 · 06:30 am

How do we explain the fact that militant Jihadists write poetry?

Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi

· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:00 am

‘At 64 I’m beginning to wonder whether I have any more poems left in me’: Manohar Shetty

Rohini Kejriwal

· Dec 19, 2017 · 08:30 am

Five poems to celebrate December with dance and music

Rohini Kejriwal

· Dec 17, 2017 · 07:00 am

‘Poetry should be listed under fiction’: Watch Jeet Thayil on ‘The Book of Chocolate Saints’

Scroll Staff

· Dec 16, 2017 · 05:00 pm

Five poets join a chapbook movement to put more poetry in the hands of people

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Dec 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

Watch: Seven keys on how (not) to run a country. No prizes for guessing the inspiration

Scroll Staff

· Nov 28, 2017 · 05:00 pm

‘Being a woman on Tinder...’: Watch this poet attack beauty norms in the age of online dating

Scroll Staff

· Nov 27, 2017 · 10:00 am

‘Poetry has always been a compulsion through my life’: Bina Sarkar Ellias

Rohini Kejriwal

· Nov 26, 2017 · 05:30 pm

Goodbye to a citizen poet: Kunwar Narain’s immaculate poems capture the thoughts of an era

Asad Zaidi

· Nov 24, 2017 · 08:30 am

These translations of poems by Kunwar Narain (1927-2017) show why he defied slotting into any genre

Kunwar Narain

· Nov 20, 2017 · 08:30 am

Five poems (or five ways) to go to the sea in November

Rohini Kejriwal

· Nov 19, 2017 · 07:00 am

Delhi Queer Pride: Ten short poems by a city-based queer poet to mark a decade of pride

Akhil Katyal

· Nov 12, 2017 · 07:00 am

Up, down, up: CP Surendran’s collected poems let readers trace the progress of a poet

Mani Rao

· Nov 11, 2017 · 08:30 am