Poetry Picks
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‘Substitute this betrayal with yet another’: Five poems on grief and memories by Salma
Translated from the Tamil by N Kalyan Raman.
Salma
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‘The irony of desire in boxes’: Six poems to remind us of life (and death) on Zoom during Covid-19
‘A zoom screen is no mirror / and I hide self-view because / I am exhausted of / forgetting who I am.’
Saumya R Kedia
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Mangalesh Dabral (1948-2020): ‘It’s my heart, not my feet, that’s traversing this vexed world’
Three poems by the legendary poet who died on Wednesday, December 9. Translated from the Hindi by Daisy Rockwell.
Mangalesh Dabral
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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Watch: 75 musicians perform the entire song whose first stanza is India’s national anthem
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Opinion: Pakistan has learnt little from India and India has taken the worst lessons from Pakistan
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‘Mind your language’: Bar Council of India rebukes advocate Prashant Bhushan for ‘ridiculing’ SC
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Watch: Pakistani musician plays Indian national anthem on the rabab as Independence Day ‘gift’
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‘You say nothing, you speak of no one, we hear each other breathe’: Eight poems by Anupama Raju
‘There’s nothing left to talk about. Candles are all out.’ Poetry of silence.
Anupama Raju
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‘A New World Symphony’: A sequence of poems by actor Soumitra Chatterjee
The actor had a deep and long literary life as a playwright, poet, writer and editor. He died on Sunday, November 15, at the age of 85.
Soumitra Chatterjee
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‘We are going to meet soon’: Read these post-modern love poems in the bhakti tradition
Eight poems by Srivalli, translated from the Tamil by N Kalyan Raman.
Srivalli
Video
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Watch: Arvind Kejriwal’s speech accidentally played at BJP’s ‘tiranga yatra’ in Gujarat
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Watch: When former Pakistan PM Imran Khan praised India for not bowing to the West
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Gateway of India to Howrah Bridge: Monuments, structures, buildings lit up for Independence Day
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Watch: Indian flag unfurled 30 kilometres above the surface of the earth to mark Independence Day
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Watch: Young refugees in India sing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ with Grammy Award-winner Ricky Kej
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‘The great leader’ appears in Varanasi in this poem about the city’s past and present
A poem from Ashwani Kumar’s collection, ‘Banaras And The Other’.
Ashwani Kumar
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‘A Kind of Freedom Song’: In life and mythology, women find a voice after violence in these poems
Eight poems from Aditi Rao’s second poetry collection.
Aditi Rao
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#NaPoWriMo: 10 poets from India who are embracing (and excelling at) National Poetry Writing Month
This April, like every year since 2003, is bringing us some fantastic daily poetry. Here are 10 poets worth following.
Rohini Kejriwal
The Reel
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Start the week with a film: Get a much-needed dose of ‘Gandhigiri’ with ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’
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‘Darlings’ director Jasmeet K Reen on her heroines: ‘They are simple, scared, a bit off’
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‘Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons’ review: Jeffrey Epstein and the dark side of marketing
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‘Faith is trapped in the teeth of fire’: Two poems by Gulzar on India today
‘Once again necks have lolled, heads have been chopped off / People have been divided, and their gods too.’
Gulzar
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‘Out of Syllabus’: Three poems from Sumana Roy’s dazzling debut collection
In these selections from her first poetry collection, the novelist and memoirist writes of desire, sadness and the violence faced by a woman in India.
Sumana Roy
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‘We have heard your call’: Gulzar replies to Javed Akhtar’s stirring poem asking writers to speak up
‘You are not alone, we have heeded that challenge’
Gulzar
The Field
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Man Utd sit bottom of the table, Man City on top – Talking points from the Premier League weekend
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Cricket: In-form Cheteshwar Pujara lights up Royal London One Day Cup with another century
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La Liga: Alaba stars as Real Madrid begin title defence with 2-1 win against Almeria
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Canadian Open: Halep edges Haddad Maia to win third title, Carreno Busta defeats Hurkacz
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CWG 2022, Table Tennis: How Sreeja Akula reset and struck a historic gold with Sharath Kamal