Watch: A digital collective organised this multilingual poetry reading session on ‘language of love’

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· May 18, 2020 · 05:50 pm

‘They will go to die there, where there is life’: Gulzar’s new poem on the plight of migrant workers

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· May 18, 2020 · 11:16 am

‘The world in my solitary veins’: Three poems of air, water, and earth when locked down without them

Nabina Das

· May 14, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Jobless migrants arrive in the deserted city...With them the flamingos’: Five lockdown poems

Ashwani Kumar

· May 13, 2020 · 08:30 am

As writers document the pandemic through poetry, here is a chance to understand this form

Andrew McMillan, The Conversation

· May 08, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Nisar Ahmed (1936-2020): Three poems that show his concern with politics, philosophy, justice

Nisar Ahmed Roopa Pai

· May 05, 2020 · 05:30 pm

When isolation is considered a virtue, poetry reveals the play of intimacy and distance

Aparna Uppaluri Laetitia Drahmani

· May 02, 2020 · 12:30 pm

The art of solitude: K Satchidanandan writes poetry to live beyond Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter

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· May 01, 2020 · 11:30 am

Watch: Idris Elba, Kevin Pietersen, Bryan Adams, other stars recite Tennyson’s ‘The Lady of Shalott’

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· Apr 20, 2020 · 05:27 pm

Can the body be a metaphor of protest? These poems by four women poets show us how

Karthika Nair Priya Sarukkai Chabria K Srilata Anupama Raju

· Apr 19, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Watch: These poetry reading sessions took literature into locked down lives via Instagram

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· Apr 16, 2020 · 08:15 am

Nature’s rhythm and rhyme: Remembering William Wordsworth 250 years since his birth

Sally Bushell, The Conversation

· Apr 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘I’ve recently discovered I’m a shitty person’: Writer Rega Jha’s spoken word on ‘Being Problematic’

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· Apr 11, 2020 · 08:17 am

‘Quarantine’: A sonnet for the lockdown by Mukul Kesavan

Mukul Kesavan

· Apr 08, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Learning from the lockdown: Three poems by Jerry Pinto on lessons from living in isolation

Jerry Pinto

· Apr 06, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Watch: Writer Aatish Taseer reads Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem ‘Kubla Khan’ in lockdown

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· Apr 05, 2020 · 09:50 am

How a 13th century Persian poem reminds us that the coronavirus crisis calls for a global response

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, The Conversation

· Mar 31, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Poet Langston Hughes enjoyed international stardom but never felt at home in America

Jason Miller, The Conversation

· Mar 30, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Watch: Actor and musician Riz Ahmed’s new short film ‘The Long Goodbye’ explores racism in the UK

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· Mar 15, 2020 · 12:50 pm

Cats: Ghazal writers Mir and Ghalib composed these poems about the animal that rules social media

Mir Taqi Mir Mirza Ghalib Prashant Keshavmurthy

· Mar 14, 2020 · 08:30 am