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Topic: Poet

Pakistan’s Jaun Elia was more than a tragic poet. He was an atheist, Marxist & philosopher

Jaun Elia’s cultural impact has only grown after his death. Critics and poetry enthusiasts see him as someone who challenged the notions of traditional Urdu poetry.

Indian artists must get ready for a new freedom movement. Ashok Vajpeyi’s rallying cry

Poet Ashok Vajpeyi delivered the lecture ‘Our Arts: Our Society’ in memory of Kapila Vatsyayan, the grand matriarch of cultural studies and a preeminent practitioner of the arts in India.

Michael Madhusudan Dutt—the playwright, poet who brought a renaissance in Bengali literature

Influenced by Shakespeare and the Romantic writers, Dutt introduced blank verse and European sonnets to Bengali literature.

Sahir Ludhianvi was the only lyricist who fought for Bollywood poets

KA Abbas' 'Sone Chandi Ke Buth', edited and translated by Syeda Hameed and Sukhpreet Kahlon, explores Bollywood and the lives of its biggest personalities.

Subscriber writes: poem on struggles of the transgender community

Shivani Dhama’s poem talks about the flawed notions and perceptions society has about transgenders.

Mohammad Iqbal, who wrote ‘saare Jahan se achha’, made modernity a dirty word for Muslims

Iqbal’s poetry was not art for art’s sake. He saw himself as a millenarian messenger for the restoration of Islamic supremacy.

Left, Mamata, Vajpayee – Sankha Ghosh and his poems could stand up to anyone, any party

Sankha Ghosh’s death has left a vacuum in Bengal’s civil society movement when it needed him most.

‘There is need to idiot-proof everything’ — Gulzar says climate of fear looms over art today

At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, Gulzar talks about his new book 'A Poem a Day', a compilation of 365 poems by by 279 poets in 34 languages from India.

Nissim Ezekiel, a pioneer of Indian-English poetry, was bound by layers of his identity

Nissim Ezekiel, the poet, playwright, critic and teacher often wrestled with ideas of belonging and Indianness.

Kavi Pradeep — the patriotic poet whose songs moved Nehru to tears

The writer of Aao Bachhon Tumhe Dikhayen and Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon, Kavi Pradeep was a celebrated poet-lyricist whose words gave the British a hard time.

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.