New Year Verse 2024
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‘How Do Poets Write?’: A poem by Karuna Ezara Parikh
‘Let me write of the unimportant moon.’
Karuna Ezara Parikh
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‘Everything Drowns, Except This Poem’: A poem by Srilata
‘I am standing in a country of many-hued umbrellas.’
K Srilata
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‘Yellow Today’: A poem by Imtiaz Dharker
‘Spread the butter thicker / Drizzle the day with honey.’
Imtiaz Dharker
Trending
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Mumbai principal sacked after being targeted by Hindutva website; says she is mulling legal action
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Memoir: A journalist remembers the 1960s and how the Naxal movement was portrayed in books and films
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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‘What does it take / to let go?’: There’s a new anthology of English haikus written by Indian poets
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‘Dear Big Gods’: A poem by Mona Arshi
‘We are so small / and fenceless in the shade’
Mona Arshi
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‘The Heart’s a Disobedient Girl’: A poem by Mandakranta Sen
‘With her spit she has / rubbed off the indelible script of fate.’
Mandakranta Sen
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‘We Have Been Here Before’: A poem by Hamraaz
‘It has something to do / with the way we lived / in the dark times that came.’
Hamraaz
Video
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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‘And, the Stars Are Not Sufficient’: A poem by Meena Kandasamy
‘Once, i was a pampered child / wasting wishes, never knowing / what to long for.’
Meena Kandasamy
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‘The Garden’s Earth Yawns’: A poem by Adil Jussawalla
‘It has a pink tongue. It has ears.’
Adil Jussawalla
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‘Groove’: A poem by Ranjit Hoskote
‘He carried that groove / unhealed.’
Ranjit Hoskote
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Evening’: A poem by Kuhu Joshi
‘In this case, you’re a man. It makes sense – I’m lonely.’
Kuhu Joshi
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‘Rain’: A poem by Kazim Ali
‘The night collapses into your skin / I am the rain.’
Kazim Ali
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‘In Sickness & In Health’: A poem by Urvashi Bahuguna
‘When telling a vein / from an illusion, a jacaranda from / a stub is beyond my powers...’
Urvashi Bahuguna
The Field
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IPL 2024: Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma lead Hyderabad to crushing 10-wicket win over Lucknow
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Badminton: India to host World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati
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Athletics: Neeraj Chopra to compete in India for first time since Tokyo Olympics
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IPL 2024: Delhi Capitals stay in playoff hunt with win over Rajasthan Royals in high-scoring clash
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Paris Olympic-bound Preeti among seven gold medallists for India