poetry
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Five poems for a hungry August
Rohini Kejriwal
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A journalist wants to start a cultural renaissance in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar from his childhood home
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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‘Who will love Eunice de Souza’s birds and strays now? A friend recollects the poet’s other life
Gitanjali Chatterjee
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Why everyone should read more of Malayalam writer Rajelakshmy’s groundbreaking fiction
Nikhil Govind
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Six poems by Eunice De Souza (1940-2017): sharp, condensed, luminous. (And a tribute.)
Eunice de Souza
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Watch: ‘Aadmi Bada Achha Hai’ is a scathing performance of poetry critiquing the Prime Minister
Scroll Staff
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Meet Rajiv Mohabir, the Guyanese poet of Indian origin who writes to remind himself that he is alive
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Everyone knows of Dom Moraes, but many more readers should know his poetry
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Eleven contemporary poems that remind us to substitute violence with empathy (especially right now)
Sudhansu Firdaus
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Watch: A young British-Muslim Pakistani immigrant slays Islamophobia with her potent slam poetry
Scroll Staff
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July journeys: Five poems for ‘the pilgrim soul in you’
Rohini Kejriwal
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How does a poet turn Tintin and Snowy (and beetroot) into clever, searing verse?
Rohini Kejriwal
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Watch: This Dalit writer’s compelling poems addressed to Narendra Modi sharply capture the despair
Scroll Staff
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Eight stylish South Asian poets in the diaspora you must read for their striking ideas
Urvashi Bahuguna
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Eight ‘Bhakti’ poems that show India had multiple and diverse paths to devotion
Priya Sarukkai Chabria
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Between Patriotism, Partition and Pakistan, here’s how Faiz Ahmed Faiz became a poet
Baran Farooqi
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‘I have written standing up in buses, on the fourth seat of a Mumbai local’: Jerry Pinto
Rohini Kejriwal
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Five poems for a rain-drenched June
Rohini Kejriwal
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This book unpacks the enigma of Arun Kolatkar and the many passions of the ‘Bombay poets’
Anu Kumar
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‘A poem is a conversation I hope to have with a reader’: Annie Zaidi
Rohini Kejriwal