Tag: poets
Shantanu Anand and his chapbook of poetry: exploring identities, gender and...
An individual is made up of a number of identities. Some that one inherits, some that one adopts. But how conscious are we of...
Tara Rai interview: Poetry, Pictures, Poetry In Pictures and Pictures in...
'Do I always have to/Spell it out to you/Can’t a poem be/A blank page/An expanse of silence/ A moment for nothing' asks Tara Rai...
Online platform Kahale spreads the joy of Kannada literature + poetry
India’s regional languages are as vast and varied as the subcontinent itself. Atmospheric and distinctive, each language is a conduit of history and heritage,...
Meet the man who created one of India’s largest poetry communities
Decades after John Donne, William Carlos Williams and Langston Hughes, poetry is having a moment again, as clearly evidenced by the immense popularity of Rupi Kaur...
An Instagram poet who gets you like no one else does
Fans of poetry, meet Mehek Malhotra. This twenty-something Mumbai-based poet is lighting up Instagram with her art and words, forging a connection with a...
Poetry Reading by Sourav Roy
Sourav Roy, journalist and Hindi poet, reads his poem titled 'Jungle Ke Janwar Aur Vartani Ki Galtiyan' (meaning Animals of the Jungle and Spelling...
Poetry Reading by Maitreyee B Chowdhury
Here's Bangalore-based poet and writer Maitreyee B Chowdhury reading her new poem set in Hampi, which looks at the Vijayanagara kingdom from the feminine...
The Bengaluru Poetry Festival second edition chases new horizons!
Poetry afficionados are descending on Bangalore for the second edition of the city's poetry festival,with performances discussions and workshops led by award-winning artists and burgeoning local...
If you’re not following these 10 Indian Instapoets, you’re missing out
When you think about it, poetry and Instagram doesn’t seem like a likely combo, but you’d be surprised at what you find.As you delve...
