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Poetry sales are booming, so why do we keep calling it dead? Tishani Doshi explains
September 04, 2026 3:09 pm
In a conversation with novelist Anuradha Roy about her new collection Egrets, While War, poet Tishani Doshi argued that poetry remains indispensable in an age of war, ecological anxiety and relentless catastrophe
'Zara laathi dheere chalana': How classic and new-age poetry powered the Gen Z Cockroach protests
August 14, 2026 10:42 am
From Faiz and Kaifi's timeless defiance to new verses pleading with police to be empathetic, a leaderless Gen Z movement found its shared emotional language in the power of poetry.
Poetry as protest: British poet Alice Oswald on her arrest, and on learning from plants
January 30, 2026 4:34 pm
Acclaimed poet Alice Oswald speaks on why she faced arrest for Palestine solidarity, teaching children in wartime, and how Homer’s ancient spirits of forgiveness hold a key to our fractured present. Edited excerpts
How the timeless 'dohas' of Rahim — the 16th-century Mughal-general-turned-poet — speak to modern India
January 02, 2026 6:38 pm
This anthology resurrects the 16th-century Mughal noble Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, celebrating his timeless poetry, a syncretic vision that transcends its age to speak directly to the modern soul.
Sixty years after his death, remembering Muktibodh’s poetry — and his refusal to simplify reality
September 10, 2025 3:51 pm
From his attention to method to his political defiance, Muktibodh offers a vital lesson for a time obsessed with ‘accessibility’ and message-driven art
'Haar nahin maanunga...': Remembering Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the poet Prime Minister
August 25, 2025 11:51 am
A stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Vajpayee died at 93 on August 16, 2018, after a prolonged illness.
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.
New $5,000 biennial poetry in translation prize opens for submissions on July 15
July 14, 2025 7:17 pm
The prize money will be split evenly between poet and translator, and the collection will be simultaneously published across Australia, North America, and the UK.
5 poetry books by Sumitranandan Pant that will change how you see nature and life
July 15, 2025 7:18 pm
Bounded together by artistic literature, one of the greatest poets of Hindi Literature, Sumitranandan Pant, explores the purpose of life within the beauty of nature through his poetry.
Why Sylvia Plath still speaks to us
February 13, 2025 7:36 pm
She was not writing just about herself — she was writing about all of us. In this strange liminality of being in my twenties, where childhood is fading but adulthood still feels like an ill-fitting costume, reading Plath feels like both a mirror and a map
POETRY PHOTOS
From poverty to Paris: The remarkable life of Richard Wright
September 08, 2026 11:34 am
Born on September 4, 1908, American writer Richard Nathaniel Wright wrote novels, short stories, poetry, and nonfiction that explored race and inequality in America. Much of his work portrayed the struggles of African Americans confronting systemic racism, violence, and discrimination from the late 19th to the mid-20th century.
Things you didn't know about Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott
February 26, 2026 12:54 pm
Derek Walcott, born on January 23, 1930, was a Saint Lucian poet who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992. Know more about him.
Ancient poetic styles and their legacy
February 04, 2026 11:08 am
Some of these ancient styles of poetry writing are still used today.
Poetry on lamps, Oh my god cabin: Hottest Diwali gifts this season
October 27, 2014 5:52 pm
If you are confused over what to gift relatives and friends on Diwali, or scan through some quirky gift options, check out this gallery.
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‘India has lowest data prices’: Zoho CEO Sridhar Vembu hits back at Elon Musk
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Zoho founder and CEO Sridhar Vembu has weighed in on the debate surrounding Elon Musk’s Starlink and its entry into India, backing the country’s affordable data prices in a series of posts on X. His response came after the SpaceX CEO alleged that “certain oligarchs” were preventing his satellite internet service from entering the Indian market.
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