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

How Wilfred Owen became a chronicler of the futility of war through his poems

The English poet-soldier died at 25, one week before the end of World War I, but his poems endure in their message about war.

Wim Van Mierlo, The Conversation

· Nov 09, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

On his 154th death anniversary, these three translations of Zafar’s Urdu ghazals reflect his awareness of a lack of power in the matters of state.

Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Maaz Bin Bilal

· Nov 07, 2018 · 08:30 am

Sylvia Plath would have been 88 today. Did we make her up inside our heads?

Born on October 27, 1932, she continues to fire the imaginations of her readers more than 50 years after her suicide.

Anupama Raju

· Oct 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Eight ‘Bhakti’ poems that show India had multiple and diverse paths to devotion

From Andal to Lal Ded, from Dhoolayya the Cobbler to Chaitanya, the

Priya Sarukkai Chabria

· Jun 18, 2017 · 12:30 pm

The lost verse: Why is Iqbal going out of fashion?

Everyone can, and does, claim Iqbal. But his true abode is poetry.

Syed Nomanul Haq

· Dec 25, 2016 · 07:00 am

Why the new Neruda poems should not be turned into FB status messages

Instead of being dismembered and discoloured by repetition, the 20 rediscovered poems should go back to being what they are: poetry.

Rheea Mukherjee

· Aug 30, 2015 · 03:30 pm

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