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AK Ramanujan: A Poet’s Testament

Nakul Krishna

A new volume of AK Ramanujan’s unpublished notebooks reveals the struggles and sagacity behind greatness

Free Verse

Poorna Swami

The extraordinary romance of the ordinary

‘I like poetry because I can write about the essence of things,’ says Ali Cobby Eckermann

Tishani Doshi

Aboriginal poet and author Ali Cobby Eckermann records the importance of ritual and recognition

Spectral Symmetry

Urvashi Bahuguna

A poet in his liminal world

Best of Books 2018: Poetry

Sumana Roy

A biography of water, the Gita refreshed and a record of sounds

Lost in Transition

Ranjit Hoskote

‘Riti Kaal’ is that splendid period in Hindi poetry that no one wants to claim

Poet as Pathologist

Urvashi Bahuguna

Gieve Patel’s cityscapes are both a celebration and a defence of Mumbai

Upamanyu Chatterjee: Oddball Savant

Nandini Nair

On the 30th anniversary of the book that launched him, Upamanyu Chatterjee seeks his own revenge by shooing away holy cows with a new novella

Songs of Snow

Snehal Vadher

The agility and vulnerability of Tibetan verse

Rupi Kaur, Poet

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poetry

AK Ramanujan: A Poet’s Testament

Free Verse

‘I like poetry because I can write about the essence of things,’ says Ali Cobby Eckermann

Spectral Symmetry

Best of Books 2018: Poetry

Lost in Transition

Poet as Pathologist

Upamanyu Chatterjee: Oddball Savant

Songs of Snow

Rupi Kaur, Poet

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