×

poetry

A Poetic High

Neha M

Spoken-word poetry is gaining a festive momentum in India

Love and Language

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

Atmospheric Embroidery

A preview of poet Meena Alexander’s new collection of poetry, out this June

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

Lamentations of a Debonair Poet

The life of Adil Jussawalla and the despair of poetry in India

Magazine

Subscribe today and save up to 85% off the cover price