Uses Of Poetry
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Why French poet Charles Baudelaire was the godfather of modern day Goths
He often dressed in black, dyed his hair green, and rebelled against the conformist, bourgeois world. Sounds familiar?
Nick Freeman, The Conversation
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‘Each gulp is a dagger’: Five poets respond to the altered reality of Kashmir after the lockdown
Poet Shikha Malaviya curates a selection of poetry for Kashmir.
Shikha Malaviya
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A case for memorising poetry in the age of search engines, social media and smartphones
Done right, it illuminates the structure of a poem and, more important, enhances human connections.
Veronica Alfano, The Conversation
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No, Rahul Gandhi did not say ‘women should be raped’, as minister Smriti Irani claimed in Parliament
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‘Police fired without warning’: As two Guwahati teenagers are killed, eyewitnesses recall the horror
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Poetry: How a worn, armless stone knight inspired different shades of love in Keats and Larkin
John Keats’s ‘La Belle Dame Sans Merci’ and Philip Larkin’s ‘An Arundel Tomb’ may share their muse – a little over a 100 years apart.
Richard Marggraf-Turley, The Conversation
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Verses for a home foregone: Four poets on exile and being refugees
How the forced migrations in and around the Indian subcontinent in the 20th and 21st centuries have been depicted in poetry.
Manan Kapoor, Sahapedia
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Lab notes in verse: Science and poetry are more compatible than you think
From Byron’s estranged daughter Ada Lovelace to chemist Sir Humphrey Davy, the pursuit of science and poetry have often overlapped.
Sam Illingworth, The Conversation
Video
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Imtiaz Dharker has refused to be Britain’s Poet Laureate. ‘The poems won,’ she said. She is right
A short journey through the poetry in the South Asian but global voice of Imtiaz Dharker.
Sohini Basak
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‘The Veiled Suite’: Rereading Agha Shahid Ali 10 years after his collected poems were published
The poet’s verses mourning Kashmir return hauntingly as news headlines.
Radhika Oberoi
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Why we don’t need one World Poetry Day a year to savour the joys of poetry
Every time we read a poem, it gives us a new meaning.
Anupama Raju
The Reel
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How a cafe owner and Rajiv Gandhi contributed to Ramanand Sagar’s blockbuster TV show ‘Ramayan’
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‘Ghost Stories’ trailer: The ‘Lust Stories’ quartet brings a series of horror short films
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‘Mardaani 2’ movie review: Once more, without feeling
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Is the web series ‘Queen’ about Jayalalithaa? Here’s what Ramya Krishnan has to say
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‘Chhapaak’ trailer: Watch Deepika Padukone as an acid attack survivor
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‘How my debut poetry manuscript was edited to become a full-fledged book’
The journey from a collection of poems to a complete book ready for readers.
Urvashi Bahuguna
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How a poetic retelling of the Mahabharata warns us against the rhetoric of vengeance and sacrifice
Arun Kolatkar’s ‘Sapra Satra’ reminds us that once the fire of vengeance has been lit, it can never be put out.
Nachiket Joshi
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A brief journey through India as seen by the French poetic imagination of the 19th century
From Stephane Mallarmé and Charles Baudelaire to Paul Verlaine, they all wrote about India.
Saudamini Deo & Philippe Charlier
The Field
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Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1st Test: Fourth day’s play called off due to poor light and overnight rain
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Priya Punia scores century but Australia A level series with strong win in second one-day game
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