Uses Of Poetry
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Some of the Renaissance’s most romantic love poems weren’t for lovers
They push back against narratives of heterosexual relationships or romantic coupling being the most important relationship in a person’s life.
Shannon McHugh, The Conversation
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‘...Everything, everything is gone’: The aesthetics of First World War poems and what they mean now
Poets began to realise that the war would bring nothing but widespread destruction.
Rashmi Mehta
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‘We love life if we find a way to it’: Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish’s enduring absences
The path to enduring peace is through remembering the humanity of others, especially those who may be on the other end of our political beliefs.
Kaushik Barua
Trending
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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A/nil’s new book of poetry, ‘The Absent Color’, is a conversation – of, for, and by himself
A/nil spoke of his bafflement with borders, of the Bengali minority dominating the local tribal majority and the isolation that united him and Ambedkar.
Swati Singh
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‘Don’t weep, my child; your mom will come’: A ghazal for a child in war-ravaged Gaza
‘There won’t be wounds, blood or debris. In sleep, my child; your mom will come.’
Ammar Aziz
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‘There is a ban even on breathing’: Leftist poet Birendra Chattopadhyay on the horrors of war
‘We, the peace-loving, just need six feet of land to survive.’
Birendra Chattopadhyay & Sayandeb Chowdhury
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Poetry on campus: Verses by two poets about the sights around their universities
Poems by Nikita Parik and Namrata Pathak.
Nikita Parik & Namrata Pathak
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‘We pointed to the potential’: Priya Sarukkai Chabria as e-journal ‘Poetry at Sangam’ shuts down
‘Poetry at Sangam is an inclusive space. Here, poetry holds dazzling display of forms and formulations of language, emotion, thought, and sacrality.’
Mani Rao
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The inheritance of loss: ‘History may be written by victors but songs are sung by survivors’
‘The human life is the greatest metaphor of all. How are we to say what a life could do and what it could be?’
Alapan Bandyopadhyay, Alison James, Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas & Avik Chanda
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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Ambedkarite poet NK Hanumantayya wrote lyrically to articulate the pain and hopes of the oppressed
His way of responding to the unjust world he inhabited was recognised by both readers and critics.
Kamalakar Bhat
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‘Ambedkar dwells within me, Ambedkar dwells within you’: Anita Bharti’s poetry tribute to Babasaheb
The four poems have been translated from the Hindi by Nikhil Pandhi.
Nikhil Pandhi
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‘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
The Field
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final