Kaifi Azmi’s poetry carried the fragrance of romance but also the fire of rebellion. His celebrated nazm “Aurat” remains ...

Celebrate World Poetry Day by exploring eight inspiring Indian women poets who shaped literature with powerful voices. From Sarojini Naidu to Meena Kandasamy, their works reflect identity, emotion, ...

India publishes poetry in more than 24 recognised languages every single year. The Sahitya Akademi, the country's national academy of letters, gives out annual awards for poetry in languages ranging ...

An image of a reclining Lord Vishnu with the alvar poets arrayed below him. The Nadar Press Ltd., Sivakasi, ca. 1920s. From the personal print collection of Archana Venkatesan and Layne Little ...

MUMBAI, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indian poet Amandeep Singh has turned for inspiration to the peace of the mountains in the past, but the idea for his latest poem was born at a workshop ...

Pritish Nandy, the Indian poet, journalist, producer and filmmaker, died January 8. He was 73. Born in 1951 in Bihar, he produced many films such as Bollywood Calling, Sur, Kaante, Chameli and ...

Till his body was cremated respecting his long-standing wish that he not be interred in a coffin in a cemetery, not many apart from his close circle of friends and admirers knew that celebrated Odisha ...

The now author and professor at Holy Family University in Pennsylvania, whose recently released second poetry book "summonings" won the 2021 Hudson Prize, is still asking those questions. But she's ...