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What Naresh Saxena's poem about fish taught me about water, loss, and belonging

December 23, 2025 2:46 pm

A writer journeys from Bihar to Karnataka, discovering that a poem by Naresh Saxena holds the key to understanding water, and our place within it.

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Who is the South Korean poet behind 'Autobiography of Death'? Inside Kim Hyesoon’s searing verse

July 30, 2025 11:12 am

Kim Hyesoon is the first Asian writer to win International Prize for Literature by Germany’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt for her searing and surreal poetry collection Autobiography of Death.

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Amanda Gorman writes end-of-year poem, 'New Day's Lyric'

December 30, 2021 11:17 am

The 23-year-old poet, whose reading of her own The Hill We Climb at President Joe Biden's inauguration made her an international sensation, posted a new work and accompanying video on Instagram to mark the end of 2021.

Children's Day Special: The Day It Forgot to Stop Raining by Venita Coelho

January 04, 2022 12:58 pm

Venita Coelho’s poem made pirates and fishermen of us all

Children's Day Special: Just Round the Bend by Richa Jha

January 04, 2022 12:57 pm

A poem by Richa Jha on where the magic begins

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Children's Day Special: Lockdown Poem by Jerry Pinto

November 17, 2021 2:46 pm

Jerry Pinto writes about hunting with the lions and flying with the bees

Book offers modern therapy through series of poems

July 06, 2021 5:28 pm

In "To the Bravest Person I Know", Ayesha Chenoy addresses a host of these emotions and questions the construct of being 'normal'.

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Amanda Gorman's Dutch translator withdraws after criticism

March 02, 2021 3:24 pm

The publishing house Meulenhoff shared that choosing Rijneveld as the translator was Gorman's decision.

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Malayalam poet Akkitham passes away; know about his works

October 15, 2020 1:12 pm

His most notable work is Irupatham Noottandinte Ithihasam (Epic of the 20th Century) which won him the Sanjayan Award in 1952, and is revered as a true testament of modernist poetry in Malayalam

When Kavita Karkare expressed anguish against govt in a poem

September 30, 2014 1:20 pm

The poem was read by Kavita at the Marathi book launch of 'To The Last Bullet - The Inspiring Story Of A Braveheart Ashok Kamte' by Vinita Kamte, Vinita Deshmukh.