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...'

How the Indian government helped Sheikh Hasina suppress the 2009 revolt of The Bangladesh Rifles

Assam is putting in place a citizenship regime that excludes Muslims. But do Bengali Hindus benefit?

Can the Stoic philosophy of controlling your reactions and emotions bring financial prosperity?

SC raps Indian Railways for trying to evict 4,000 families in Uttarakhand by ‘riding on back of PIL’

Paris Olympics 2024, as it happened: Games officially opened with a glitter ceremony along the Seine

'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.'

Watch: In Pune, homes inundated, cars submerged, and trees uprooted as heavy rain cripples city

Watch: Scenes of severe flooding in various parts of Gujarat, from Surat to Junagadh

Watch: Everyone loves these ‘Tauba Tauba’ dance challenge videos (including actor Vicky Kaushal)

‘Inaction is complicity’: IIT Madras prize-winning student speaks up on Palestine at convocation

Eco India: What ails the humble onion?

'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...'

‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ review: A Ryan Reynolds show all the way

Watch: In ‘Gyaarah Gyaarah’, two cops linked across time solve cases together

‘Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba’ trailer: Sunny Kaushal joins Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey

Watch: The full trailer of ‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ is out

‘Brinda’ trailer: Trisha Krishnan makes streaming debut in crime show about ritual murders

'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...'

Paris Olympics 2024, as it happened: Games officially opened with a glitter ceremony along the Seine

Olympics 2024, India’s schedule on July 27: Shooters aim to win medals on day one in Paris

Cricket, Women’s Asia Cup 2024: Renuka Singh Thakur, Smriti Mandhana guide India to final

Tennis, Olympics 2024: Swansong for Nadal, Murray as Swiatek aims for gold

Olympics 2024: French security forces primed to handle unique opening ceremony on the river Seine