How a poetic retelling of the Mahabharata warns us against the rhetoric of vengeance and sacrifice

Nachiket Joshi

· Mar 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘In the days of war, the sun does not rise, it is always night’: Two poems on what war brings us

Zeeshan Sahil Balraj Komal

· Mar 11, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘Imagine a world where tanks can be libraries’ (as John Lennon might have): Two poems by Nabina Das

Nabina Das

· Mar 09, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘This border that drinks blood and spits sparks’: Voices of Urdu poets on war and peace

Rakhshanda Jalil

· Mar 08, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘Can you tell me the race of the blood-stained clothes?’: Three poems by Hindi poet Kumar Vikal

Kumar Vikal

· Mar 07, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘How were we done for in this war?’: Three poems by women poets from Sri Lanka ask the same question

Sivaramani Paamathi Anar

· Mar 06, 2019 · 12:30 pm

War and death: Two poems by WB Yeats and Rudyard Kipling that remind us of the futility

WB Yeats Rudyard Kipling

· Mar 05, 2019 · 10:30 am

Have English translations obscured the music and wordplay of the Bible for the sake of meaning?

Robert Alter, Aeon

· Mar 04, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Why did we fight at all? asked the Pandavas’: Three poems mourning war by K Satchidanandan

K Satchidanandan

· Mar 03, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Al Mahmud (1936-2019): Bangladesh’s controversial poet will be remembered as one of the greats

Rifat Munim

· Mar 03, 2019 · 10:30 am

A brief journey through India as seen by the French poetic imagination of the 19th century

Saudamini Deo Philippe Charlier

· Mar 03, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?’: A soldier-poet’s cry against the cruelties of war

Wilfred Owen

· Mar 01, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘Words from the Depth of Truth’: Rabindranath Tagore’s poem on war and destruction

Rabindranath Tagore

· Feb 28, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Poetry for peace: ‘Delay The War, It Is Better,’ wrote Sahir Ludhianvi

Sahir Ludhianvi

· Feb 28, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Politics, history and memory merge in these poems on Kashmir (and beyond)

Akhil Katyal

· Feb 06, 2019 · 05:30 pm

What a poet learned from Mary Oliver (1935-2019), who was unabashedly in love with the world

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Feb 03, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘My mutiny is against patriarchy': Watch this young Urdu poet take on criticism of 'immodest’ women

Scroll Staff

· Jan 23, 2019 · 11:15 am

‘Terrarium’: Five poems that engage with the complexities of health with vivid originality

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jan 22, 2019 · 08:30 am

A collection of Vijay Nambisan’s poems allows us the opportunity to reframe his legacy

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jan 20, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Poet Mary Oliver (1935-2019) gave readers quietude, rich simplicity and narratives of nature

Apala Bhowmick

· Jan 20, 2019 · 07:00 am