poetry
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‘Open Zero’: Sophia Naz’s new book of poems glides across war and detention, migration and memory
Nabina Das
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The revelation of Sylvia Plath’s secret miscarriage changes our interpretation of her poetry
Jason Miller, The Conversation
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Watch: Music composer AR Rahman and poet Nirmika Singh collaborate on Hindi poem
Scroll Staff
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‘Witnesses of Remembrance’: Kunwar Narain’s poetry preserves the words and sentiments he cared for
Basudhara Roy
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A yearbook of Indian poetry in English has been published. How were the poems chosen?
Sukrita Paul Kumar Vinita Agrawal
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What this verse from Thiruvalluvar’s ‘Thirukkural’ says about the state’s relationship with farmers
S Anand
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How poetry can make less tangible subjects like climate change more real to readers
Christina Thatcher, The Conversation
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‘A Letter to Ma’: To writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen from her daughter (and translator) Nandana Dev Sen
Nandana Dev Sen
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‘I read about war to avoid this thing called peace’: Six poems from Sridala Swami’s new books
Sridala Swami
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’Twas The Night Before Christmas...made the modern Santa Claus and became a literary whodunit
Melissa Chim, The Conversation
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Adele, Taylor Swift: Why break-up songs owe a lot to the lovelorn lyrics of the Romantic poets
Anthony Howe, The Conversation
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Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: How Kabir blended faiths but accepted none fully
Pavitra Mohan
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‘An ascetic meditating – turned upside down – the baobab tree’: the Magic of Madagascar in haikus
Abhay K
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This anthology of verse by British authors of the Raj is a caustic commentary on colonial India
Graham Shaw
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‘There is a woman in me rising out of all the ones that aren’t’: Four poems by Karuna Ezara Parikh
Karuna Ezara Parikh
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Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: How Rahim combined war with poetry
Pavitra Mohan
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‘It isn’t mine alone to mend’: Spoken word poet brings voices of refugees to Glasgow climate summit
Scroll Staff
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Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: Namdeo’s search for the formless god
Pavitra Mohan
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K Satchidanandan’s poems in ‘Questions from the Dead’ confront the environmental crisis
Gopal Lahiri
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Archana Venkatesan wins international translation award for her translation of 1102-verse Tamil poem
Nammāḻvār