Poetry
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‘I choose to be free’: On Women’s Day, a ‘brazen’ poem reminds women to live without fear or regret
Satvika Kundu
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Aditi Machado, Tishani Doshi, Sophia Naz: Poetry meets other passions in the works of these poets
Nabina Das
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Video: Had enough of bromances in films? Listen to this poem on the bonds of sisterhood
Satvika Kundu
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‘Loot Machi Hai’: Watch this man’s scathing spoken poem about corruption old and new in India
Scroll Staff
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This book gives the poets of Tibet who are fighting for freedom a voice to reach the world
Niyati Bhat
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Inspiring poet or scripted performer? Rupi Kaur refuses to be labeled as one or the other
Harsimran Gill
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Watch: A young poet questions ‘the hookup culture’ in a taut performance
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Five poems by Lal Ded, the Kashmiri mystic who merged erotic and spiritual longing in her poetry
Lal Ded
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‘They call me Pakistani’: A poet poignantly captures the ordeal of Muslims in India. Watch
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Remembering Niranjan Bhagat (1926-2018), a giant of Gujarati poetry
Salil Tripathi
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Poetry is more popular than ever. Then why are not all poets happy about it?
JT Welsch, The Conversation
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‘Translated Disney’: This woman’s fierce poem attacks the glorification of the English language
Satvika Kundu
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Even Mahabharata heroes are pointing out the epic failures of Aadhaar
Moeena Halim
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Watch: This poem by an Indian soldier links secularism with the armed forces
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In this Indian singer’s haunting voice, you can hear the richness of Bulleh Shah and Nirala’s poetry
Vandana Shukla
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‘Only political stupidities or atrocities excite me to write verse now’: Keki N Daruwalla
Rohini Kejriwal
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A diplomat is taking Indian poetry to the world through translations of a hundred ‘great poems’
Marina Della Valle Francesca Cricelli
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Jonahwhale: Five poems from Ranjit Hoskote’s new book that listens to the histories of the seas
Ranjit Hoskote
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Five newly published poets reveal new directions for Indian poetry in English
Urvashi Bahuguna
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‘What is it about heterosexual love that can make it incompatible with a truly feminist life?’
Nikita Deshpande