poetry
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‘Unscrew the mind and set it on the table’: Monica Mody’s poems embody the natural and the elemental
Monica Mody
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Remembering the life and work of my ‘aged friend’, poet Jayanta Mahapatra, in his role of a reader
Abinash Dash Choudhury
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‘I write life on paper’: Taslima Nasrin’s poetry has been translated into English for the first time
Taslima Nasrin Jesse Waters
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‘None may linger; all must always move’: A new book of Anand Thakore’s poems written over 30 years
Anand Thakore
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A new book of poetry borrows from life to portray the experiences of young Indian women today
Mehak Goyal
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Embarking on the divine: On translating the Urdu poet Jaun Elia
Ammar Aziz
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‘Today, I stand on the bank of the poem’: Jayanta Mahapatra reminds us that poetry must always flow
Anupama Raju
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‘I wouldn’t know what else to do:’ The poetic life of Jayanta Mahapatra (1928-2023)
Maitreyee Bhattacharjee Chowdhury
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‘Arise out of the lock’: 50 Bangladeshi women poets from several generations in translation
Sadaf Saaz Nabina Das, Sufia Kamal, Anjana Saha, Leesa Gazi, Shanta Maria, Asma Beethe
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‘Kushiara and Other Poems’: Less is more in Rimi Nath’s poetry of quiet lyricism and wistfulness
Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih
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‘Her loveliness will thrill you’: Biharilal’s Hindi verses from the Murty Classical Library
Biharilal Rupert Snell
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‘Tired of living and angry with death’: Mir Taqi Mir’s Urdu verses from the Murty Classical Library
Mir Taqi Mir Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
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Dalit poet Kalyani Thakur Charal’s poetry is her powerful call for affirmative action
Niyati Bhat
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‘I’ve sacrificed all to that face of yours’: Surdas’s Hindi poetry from the Murty Classical Library
Surdas John Stratton Hawley
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‘Wake up, and do not snore’: Mystic poet Sufi Bullhe Shah’s verses from the Murty Classical Library
Bullhe Shah Christopher Shackle
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‘I am a one-man cultural army’: Telugu poet Gaddar on his lifelong class and caste activism
Gaddar Vasanth Kannabiran
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‘How to break the wall of lies?’: Guru Nanak’s verses from the Murty Classical Library of India
Guru Nanak Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh
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Gaddar (1949-2023): Remembering the Telangana folk singer and poet through some of his performances
Scroll Staff
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‘Salt & Pepper: Selected Poems’: Sukrita holds dialogues with silence through 40 years of poetry
Basudhara Roy
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This book tells the story of India’s first female physician Anandibai Joshee’s life – in verse
Shikha Malaviya