India’s first poetry biennale shows that such events need to be held more often

Maaz Bin Bilal

· Apr 16, 2017 · 08:30 am

‘I like the process of writing poetry to be play rather than work’: Arundhathi Subramaniam

Rohini Kejriwal

· Apr 16, 2017 · 07:00 am

India’s new poetry is suddenly both political (is there a choice?) and personal

Nabina Das

· Apr 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

‘Poetry is a place of truth. Not factual truth, but truth of expression and emotion.’

Rohini Kejriwal

· Apr 08, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Watch: Spoken-word poets and stand-up comedians have a powerful message on suicide

Scroll Staff

· Apr 08, 2017 · 10:00 am

Hope and disillusionment. Or, reading Derek Walcott’s poetry at 18

Ahona Panda

· Apr 02, 2017 · 03:30 pm

If April is the cruellest month, here are five poems to take you back home

Rohini Kejriwal

· Apr 02, 2017 · 08:30 am

Watch: "If politicians can talk of raping dead women of a particular faith, my poem is far too soft"

Scroll Staff

· Mar 24, 2017 · 08:00 pm

Watch: What is poetry, exactly? Is an answer even possible?

Scroll Staff

· Mar 22, 2017 · 08:00 pm

‘The day, with all its pain ahead, is yours’: Remembering Derek Walcott (1930-2017)

Brinda Bose

· Mar 19, 2017 · 08:30 am

The poem that Faiz could have written for Delhi’s marching students

Tahseen Alam Parvati Sharma

· Mar 12, 2017 · 08:30 am

Nostalgia on a March morning: Five poems mixing memory and desire

Scroll

· Mar 05, 2017 · 06:00 am

Who is ‘Hindustani Musalman’, the man behind social media’s favourite poem?

Jyoti Punwani

· Feb 21, 2017 · 06:30 am

The writing on the walls, trucks and autos: A glimpse of Pakistani visual poetry

Durriya Kazi, The Conversation

· Feb 19, 2017 · 08:30 pm

‘The role of the poet today is to be a shape-shifter’: Anne Waldman

Shreya Ila Anasuya

· Feb 19, 2017 · 01:00 pm

Watch: This young poet captures what it is like to be an Indian Muslim today

Scroll Staff

· Feb 15, 2017 · 05:00 pm

‘The tiger, the leopard, the elephant are all sacred. What’s happening to them?’: Poet Ruth Padel

Shreya Ila Anasuya

· Feb 05, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Can poetry be one of the answers to misogyny in India (and the world)?

Nabina Das

· Jan 29, 2017 · 07:30 am

Eight poems by Gulzar we need to read on Republic Day

Gulzar

· Jan 26, 2017 · 08:30 am

'I was saved, mother, I was saved': A moving poem by Zehra Nigah (it's National Girl Child Day)

Zehra Nigah

· Jan 24, 2017 · 07:00 pm