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poetry books

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

    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
  • ‘Clouds rushing in like the early death of someone you never knew’: Four poems on violent thoughts

    ‘Clouds rushing in like the early death of someone you never knew’: Four poems on violent thoughts

    Avinab Datta-Areng
    · Mar 07, 2022 · 05:30 pm
  • ‘We grew heavier not with grief but numbers’: Three poems from Rohan Chhetri’s new book

    ‘We grew heavier not with grief but numbers’: Three poems from Rohan Chhetri’s new book

    Rohan Chhetri
    · Sep 30, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Javed Akhtar’s poem ‘A New Decree’ may remind you of the world we live in

    Javed Akhtar’s poem ‘A New Decree’ may remind you of the world we live in

    Javed Akhtar Rakhshanda Jalil
    · Nov 20, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • From then to now: Five queer women poets whose work must be read today (and every day)

    From then to now: Five queer women poets whose work must be read today (and every day)

    Shinjini Bose
    · Nov 13, 2016 · 08:15 am
  • A ghazal that Ghalib did not write for Ambedkar (but could have)

    A ghazal that Ghalib did not write for Ambedkar (but could have)

    S Anand
    · Oct 23, 2016 · 06:30 am
  • How the politics of protest uses poetry as one of its strongest voices

    How the politics of protest uses poetry as one of its strongest voices

    Nabina Das
    · Oct 09, 2016 · 12:30 pm
  • Those poems you read in school are not what Indian poetry in English really is

    Those poems you read in school are not what Indian poetry in English really is

    Rosinka Chaudhuri
    · Sep 20, 2016 · 08:30 am
  • Why reading Manohar Shetty’s poetry is like knowing the earth all over again

    Why reading Manohar Shetty’s poetry is like knowing the earth all over again

    Nabina Das
    · Sep 03, 2016 · 08:30 am