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poetry
Inspiring poet or scripted performer? Rupi Kaur refuses to be labeled as one or the other
Harsimran Gill
· Feb 11, 2018 · 06:30 pm
Watch: A young poet questions ‘the hookup culture’ in a taut performance
Scroll Staff
· Feb 11, 2018 · 01:00 pm
Five poems by Lal Ded, the Kashmiri mystic who merged erotic and spiritual longing in her poetry
Lal Ded
· Feb 06, 2018 · 05:30 pm
‘They call me Pakistani’: A poet poignantly captures the ordeal of Muslims in India. Watch
Scroll Staff
· Feb 05, 2018 · 10:00 am
Remembering Niranjan Bhagat (1926-2018), a giant of Gujarati poetry
Salil Tripathi
· Feb 03, 2018 · 07:30 am
Poetry is more popular than ever. Then why are not all poets happy about it?
JT Welsch, The Conversation
· Feb 02, 2018 · 05:30 pm
‘Translated Disney’: This woman’s fierce poem attacks the glorification of the English language
Satvika Kundu
· Jan 31, 2018 · 10:00 am
Even Mahabharata heroes are pointing out the epic failures of Aadhaar
Moeena Halim
· Jan 30, 2018 · 03:30 pm
Watch: This poem by an Indian soldier links secularism with the armed forces
Scroll Staff
· Jan 29, 2018 · 10:00 am
In this Indian singer’s haunting voice, you can hear the richness of Bulleh Shah and Nirala’s poetry
Vandana Shukla
· Jan 22, 2018 · 03:30 pm
‘Only political stupidities or atrocities excite me to write verse now’: Keki N Daruwalla
Rohini Kejriwal
· Jan 21, 2018 · 05:45 pm
A diplomat is taking Indian poetry to the world through translations of a hundred ‘great poems’
Marina Della Valle Francesca Cricelli
· Jan 18, 2018 · 08:30 am
Jonahwhale: Five poems from Ranjit Hoskote’s new book that listens to the histories of the seas
Ranjit Hoskote
· Jan 13, 2018 · 07:30 am
Five newly published poets reveal new directions for Indian poetry in English
Urvashi Bahuguna
· Jan 09, 2018 · 08:30 am
‘What is it about heterosexual love that can make it incompatible with a truly feminist life?’
Nikita Deshpande
· Jan 06, 2018 · 12:30 pm
Christmas in India: Today’s saffron mobs should read this Kipling poem from 1886
Ipsita Chakravarty
· Dec 25, 2017 · 06:30 am
How do we explain the fact that militant Jihadists write poetry?
Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi
· Dec 23, 2017 · 07:00 am
‘At 64 I’m beginning to wonder whether I have any more poems left in me’: Manohar Shetty
Rohini Kejriwal
· Dec 19, 2017 · 08:30 am
Five poems to celebrate December with dance and music
Rohini Kejriwal
· Dec 17, 2017 · 07:00 am
‘Poetry should be listed under fiction’: Watch Jeet Thayil on ‘The Book of Chocolate Saints’
Scroll Staff
· Dec 16, 2017 · 05:00 pm
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