Poetry

‘Ichhamati’: A classic Bengali novel set along a river is an archive of a forgotten ecological past

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay’s novel, published in 1950, wonderfully and gently evokes a way of life next to a river that is almost extinct.

Parineeta Dandekar
· May 26, 2019 · 12:30 pm
Imtiaz Dharker turns down England’s poet laureateship to focus on her work

Dharker was born in Lahore and lived in India for several years.

Scroll Staff
· May 04, 2019 · 09:10 am
Watch: In rarely heard 1974 interview, Leonard Cohen (in animation) explains 'Sisters of Mercy'

Plus: an early poem, 'Two Went To Sleep'.

Scroll Staff
· Nov 21, 2016 · 09:00 pm

The Children of Peshawar

A poem to remember what should never have had to be remembered, what should never have happened.

Sachin Kalbag
· Dec 18, 2014 · 01:30 am