‘A woman and fire are as ancient as civilisation’: Six Dalit-feminist poems by Poonam Tushamad

Translated from the Hindi by Nikhil Pandhi.

Poonam Tushamad

· Jul 25, 2022 · 08:30 am

Reflections on poetry and a ‘quiet friendship’ with the award winning poet Jayanta Mahapatra

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih writes of his journey from studying Jayanta Mahapatra’s prose to his own work being selected and published by the Padma Shri winner.

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih

· Jul 10, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘The hunger hidden’: Four poets and twelve poems to remember pride month

The second of two selections of work on the theme by Indian poets writing in English, curated by Kinshuk Gupta.

Curated by Kinshuk Gupta

· Jun 26, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Pride Month: Twelve poems by four poets that reflect on queerness

The first of two selections of work on the theme by Indian poets writing in English, curated by Kinshuk Gupta.

Curated by Kinshuk Gupta

· Jun 10, 2022 · 08:30 am

‘Very old their sorrow’: Three political poems for our times by Adnan Kafeel Darwesh

Translated from Hindi by Tarun Bhartiya.

Adnan Kafeel Darwesh

· May 27, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘War tells lies about war: That war keeps you safe. Or you would be dead by now.’

Two poems that push back against war, by Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee.

Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee

· Mar 03, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘We are the angry men, loud and meaningless as screeching fighter jets in a war zone’

‘We are the hollow men,’ TS Eliot had written. A poem on war.

Abhay K

· Feb 27, 2022 · 08:30 am

What this verse from Thiruvalluvar’s ‘Thirukkural’ says about the state’s relationship with farmers

The poet is a prophet. And the prophecy is not good for the king who thinks his parasol is bigger than the farmer’s basket that shades all beings.

S Anand

· Jan 23, 2022 · 08:30 am

How poetry can make less tangible subjects like climate change more real to readers

A poem can act as a witness to phenomena like global warming.

Christina Thatcher, The Conversation

· Jan 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm

How Kashmir’s emerging hip-hop scene could enable the revival of the fading local language of Koshur

Reclaiming their language through lyrics and poetry is one way young Kashmiris are hoping to build their identity.

Sheikh Safwan

· Dec 12, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Adele, Taylor Swift: Why break-up songs owe a lot to the lovelorn lyrics of the Romantic poets

Breakup pop, whether it knows it or not, is marked by a Romantic inheritance.

Anthony Howe, The Conversation

· Dec 11, 2021 · 05:30 pm

Meet the mystic poets from subcontinental history: How Kabir blended faiths but accepted none fully

The last part of a four-part series on the stories, historical and hagiographical, of the lives and times of four mystic poets.

Pavitra Mohan

· Nov 28, 2021 · 05:30 pm