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‘Poetry will be turmeric caught in the cracks’

Miya poets, in their insistence to be counted as Assamese, have created an inclusive idiomThis is part of a movement to preserve the cultural heritage of Bengal-origin Assamese Muslims

9 min read4 Aug 2019
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Best to meet them in poems

Lounge picks five recent collections of poetry that move between the past and the present, private and political From exquisite lyrics to lines burning with passion, the tenor of these poems varies strikingly

4 min read19 May 2019
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Bengaluru Poetry Festival: The poetry revival

In its third year, the poetry festival will embrace varied forms of the medium

1 min read3 Aug 2018
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A season of doomed love and longing

Few literary works have captured monsoon feelings as acutely as Kalidasa's 'Meghduta'

5 min read29 Jul 2018
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Songs of love and longing

A reminder of India's centuries-old poetic tradition of celebrating spiritual and carnal desire

1 min read16 Feb 2018
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A bookish Valentine

A reading list for love's different stages

2 min read14 Feb 2018
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A haiku in Hindi

Write poetry with strangers from around the world on this app, and earn 'karma' points

1 min read19 Jan 2018
Opinion

Perumal Murugan returns

He had the support of fellow writers and human rights activists, but the state's executive failed to protect him

4 min read25 Aug 2016
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Perumal Murugan revives literary career with two new poems

Two new poems with which the Tamil author, Perumal Murugan, ends his self-imposed 19-month literary exile

2 min read23 Aug 2016
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e.e. cummings: perhaps the only poet you need to read

cummings is the one Great Modern Poet that a harried and time-strapped manager could try reading. Try his 100 Selected Poems

4 min read2 Jul 2016
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