poetry
Love and Language
Arshia Sattar
Poet-saint Andal’s work proves that she regards the body a site of the sacred as much as the soul
Out of Tune
This translation of Sufi saint Shah Hussein’s work speaks in his voice but not in all its fullness
The Rococo of Afzal Ahmed Syed
The collected poems of Urdu’s most contemporary poet splices antiquity and the current moment—marking a modern poetry event in the subcontinent
The Absent Traveller
A prolonged conversation with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, one of India's leading poets, turns life into verse
A Hole in the Earth
The emotional balance sheet of a poet proves that nothing is ever forgotten in the end
The Last Ustad
Acclaimed writer and critic Shamsur Rahman Faruqi on poetry, Indian literary theory and Urdu’s legacy in an exclusive preview of his new book
The man who wrote a poem on a non-meeting
Ranjit Hoskote says anything can be good material for poetry if you can make it work
Her Pen Cannot be Muzzled
The establishment frowns upon a Kerala cop’s candid poetry about the system, but she will not back down
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