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...'

‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

Meeting diaspora, watching garba, speaking to ANI: What anti-terror MP delegations are doing abroad

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938–2025): Five things to know about one of Africa’s greatest ever writers

Translated short fiction: A Konkani Christian cowherd wonders if he should convert to Hinduism

YouTuber Mohak Mangal agrees to remove ‘objectionable’ parts of video about ANI

'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.'

Interview: Why Bangladesh army is angry with Yunus and his interim government

Eco India: Could happy and healthy hens make eggs taste better?

Eco India, Episode 289: Why animal welfare is the missing key to environmental health

Video: Is Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s peace appeal seditious?

Watch: Why workers at an Adani power plant in Jharkhand went on a strike

'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...'

‘Dilli Dark’ review: An occasionally sharp, scattershot comedy about prejudice

‘Kankhajura’ review: An engaging look at insidious evil

‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed

‘Stolen’ director Karan Tejpal: ‘The film is about trust and having a conscience’

'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...'

As Afghanistan warmed up to India in the late 1940s, strains with Pakistan began to emerge

When the British considered punishing Iran for the harassment of Indian pilgrims

Ruined reputation, deep debt: How the British treated an Iranian governor exiled in Pune

In a world consumed with innovation, Manjushree Chatterjee is the epitome of old-style kathak

When cars were still rare, two US women decided to experience India from behind the wheel