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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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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Why a health crisis is brewing among the labourers of Assam’s tea gardens
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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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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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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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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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury
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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: Rajasthan pipped to second spot by Hyderabad after match against Kolkata gets washed out
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IPL 2024: Abhishek Sharma stars as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeat Punjab Kings to cap off league stage
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Badminton, Thailand Open, as it happened: Satwik-Chirag win second men’s doubles title of the season
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IPL 2024: Royal Challengers Bengaluru beat Chennai Super Kings to take the final playoffs spot
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Badminton, Thailand Open Super 500: Satwik-Chirag enter fourth final; Tanisha-Ashwini exit