New Year Verse

New Year Verse

'A man with a door': A poem by K Satchidanandan

'Now he sees a whole world / passing through this door...'

'Sweet sixteen': A poem by Eunice De Souza

'The preacher thundered: / Never go with a man alone...'

'Distant gods': A poem by Anjum Hasan

'And this is how we realise the world’s grown-up...'

‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row

Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like

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A new book offers detailed historical accounts of the Sultans of Oman in the 19th century

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'Not the exception': A poem by Rohan Chhetri

'The man tells his story of survival on television'

'Road trip': A poem by Vijay Seshadri

'I’m just going to drive away down the coast / and not come back...'

'Footage for a trance': A poem by Ranjit Hoskote

'Start again. There is no safety in numbers.'

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Watch: How this lone buffalo outwits a pride of lions to escape an attack

Watch: Truck carrying cartons of beer overturns, passersby rush to steal bottles

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Watch: Dramatic sight of massive sandstorm enveloping western and northern parts of Rajasthan

'What I’ll take with me when I leave Shillong': A poem by Nabanita Kanungo

'It takes to belong nowhere / to bring yourself one day to gather all the pieces of grief...'

'Sea breeze, Bombay': A poem by Adil Jussawalla

'Restore us to fire. Still / Communities tear and re-form...'

'A little better': A poem by Vijay Nambisan

'And so this little greenling sits / In the sun, satisfied with itself...'

Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic

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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani

Tigmanshu Dhulia on Irrfan: ‘His observation of life was very surgical, very meticulous’

Start the week with a film: ‘Charlie’s Country’ is a powerful portrait of defiance

'Someone else’s song': A poem by Kamala Das

I am a million, million births / Flushed with triumphant blood, each a growing / Thing...'

'A viewpoint': A poem by Amrita Pritam

'Every day it decimates / from every life / one more day...'

'A fable for the 21st Century': A poem by Tishani Doshi

'And as such, you should know that blindness / is historical...'

ISSF Junior World Cup: India win team silver, two individual medals in the Rapid Fire Pistol event

Golf merger: How Saudi Arabia’s involvement influenced a new world order in the sport

Football: Legislators in Rio de Janeiro approve 'Vini Jr's law' against football racism

WTC Final, Australia vs India, Day 1 live updates: Head, Smith pile on the runs; 2nd new ball taken

Singapore Open Super 750: Doubles pairs Satwik-Chirag, Gayatri-Treesa bow out in opening round