Classic Poetry

A glimpse of five centuries of Amir Khusraw’s poetry

A peek at Persian manuscripts of the writer’s work in the British Library.

Sunil Sharma
· Oct 05, 2022 · 01:30 pm
A ‘new’ poetry find has left lovers of Sappho thrilled, but its backstory may have been fabricated

Fresh research calls into question the published accounts of the origin of ancient papyrus fragments of the Greek poet’s work.

C Michael Sampson, The Conversation
· Feb 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Thousands of years before becoming a vegan hit, the jackfruit was an intrinsic part of Sangam poetry

The ubiquitous fruit has been described as ‘smelly’ and ‘ugly’, but it was intimately tied to ancient Tamil culture.

Veena Muthuraman
· Apr 06, 2019 · 07:45 am

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One hundred years of no solitude: ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ lives on in India

Published in June 1915 and arguably the best-known work of modern poetry in the world, T.S. Eliot’s poem is alive and well.

Sumana Roy
· Jun 07, 2015 · 07:30 pm