Poetry

Did the Nobel laureate die a natural death or was it murder by poison due to his political leanings? New investigations point to the latter

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday paid tributes to poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar and urged the youth to read the "Kural", his book of aphoristic wisdom on a variety of issues. Modi tweeted, "On Thiruvalluvar Day, I pay homage to the wise Thiruvalluvar and recall his noble thoughts. Diverse in nature, they are a source of great motivation for people from all walks of life. I would also urge the youth to read the Kural." "Tirukkural", also known as the "Kural", is a celebrated Tamil text which offers wisdom on ethics and morality in different aspects of life.

Condemned poets lie scattered across eras and geographies with unique political exigencies and religious compulsions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to the Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar on Thiruvalluvar Day, Saturday.

My young days in Santiniketan were immersed in Tagore's music, poetry and drama

The Tang Dynasty poem - describing the burning of books under China's first emperor - was widely seen as anti-establishment

In our post-truth world, where the difference between fact and fiction collapses too easily, poetry is the last residue of truth, capable of excavating histories or creating new ones.

Poet, publisher and bookseller Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who helped launch and perpetuate the Beat movement, has died. He was 101

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to legendary Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar on his birth anniversary, saying his timeless poems will continue to inspire all citizens

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday paid heartfelt tributes to Rahat Indori, who died at a hospital in Indore. In his condolence message, the chief minister, whose love for poetry is well known in the political circles here, described Indori as a "renowned poet and an excellent human being". "He ruled the hearts of his fans through his verses. He also penned lyrics for many film songs. His death has caused an irreparable loss to the world of Urdu poetry and literature", Kumar said and prayed for the departed soul and hoped that his bereaved family members would find the strength required to bear the grief. The 70-years-old poet, whose love for his home town led him to adopt the pen name "Indori" suffered a cardiac arrest barely a day after testing positive for COVID-19. He is best remembered for poems like "kisi ke baap ka Hindustan thodi hai" which aimed at making a political statement against marginalization of communities. His lyrics for movies like Munna

Renowned poet Rahat Indori on Tuesday confirmed that he has tested positive for COVID-19

Amit Shankar Saha has quietly carved a niche for himself in the overactive world of Indian poetry in English

Poignant when set against India's orchestrated applause for health-workers, are from a poem in Chinese that has been translated into English as "Please Don't Disturb"

Actor, singer, lyricist and composer, Ayushmann Khurrana is a rare film personality who stands up for scriptwriters

Cyclones have been common in Dash's native Odisha and they frequent his book as well

The decision to include an entire section of Urdu poems translated into English is also, in fact, a political move

It is unfashionable these days to imagine the narrative first person as that of the poet

While Bollywood satisfied his financial needs - and he is quick to clarify that it was not greed - Indore always had his heart

Does political poetry have any value at all?

Prabhakar Barwe is that rare artist whose work defies description and cannot be easily slotted under a convenient label