poetry

Her Pen Cannot be Muzzled

Shahina KK

The establishment frowns upon a Kerala cop’s candid poetry about the system, but she will not back down

Will the Real Irom Sharmila Stand Up?

Chinki Sinha

The political activist’s poetry suggests that in many ways, she is now a victim of her own sacrifices

Dazzled by Their Soul

Hartosh Singh Bal

Our politician poets such as Kapil Sibal are so in love with themselves that they believe every eructation of theirs deserves a readership. Our literary culture is more than happy to oblige

Rhythm and Blues

Rahul Pandita

Jeet Thayil is a fine poet, and you see his talent in Narcopolis. But this is performance poetry masquerading as a novel

Lullaby of a New Father in Parliament

Madhavankutty Pillai

My son, apple of my scheming eyes, I have so many dreams for you...

A Life with a View

Sandipan Deb

This is poetry by a mellow Pritish Nandy, a man who thinks he’s aged.

A Midsummer Adventure For Children

Shubhangi Swarup

Prithvi theatre holds one of the most popular workshops for kids with theatre, comics, and even science and poetry.

Darwin’s Poetry

Rahul Jayaram

The first woman to hold the Oxford chair in Poetry and the great-great-great-grand daughter of Charles Darwin, Ruth Padel knows a thing or two about survival.

This is invisible Punjab, bypassing the airbrushed mythology of its prosperity and the always-happy-always-cheerful Punjabi. This is a key to the understanding of how the Sufi way has come to rest with the state’s impoverished Dalits.

Rhyme and Treason

Vivek Narayanan

In these times when success is determined by numbers, poetry is a marginal mode of communication. Perhaps what the poet should look for is the intensity of his readership, not its size