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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndian poetry

Topic: Indian poetry

Ramayana through Sita’s eyes, writing in ChatGPT era—Delhi celebrates Women’s Day with poetry

At an open-air gathering at the India International Centre, poets, writers and scholars reflected on womanhood, memory, ageing and agency across generations.

Hanuman Chalisa to Happy Birthday – Vikram Seth’s new book of suitable rhymes

The Hanuman Chalisa is Vikram Seth’s second book in two years. And because it is a poet's translation, he said it had to retain that ‘mesmerising and incantatory’ pleasure of the original.

Sudama Pandey ‘Dhoomil’—angry young man who became poet of the masses

A progressive writer known for his ‘protest poetry’, he blamed Indian politicians for promoting and fostering divisiveness.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.