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Mumbai’s Poetry in Parks started in solidarity with Palestine—now a gathering of poetry lovers

Started by former journalist Peter Griffin in 2024, ‘Poetry in Parks’ began in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. It has since evolved into a gathering for poetry lovers.

SubscriberWrites: As if Words Were Bullets!

An Abuser Dismisses Word-Wounds

SubscriberWrites: The Complex Web of Tyranny–a poem

If a Victim Could Hold a Mirror to Their Tormentor

SubscriberWrites: A War of Words between a victim and an abuser—a poem

A raw poetic face-off between a victim and abuser lays bare the anatomy of online hate, revealing how words wound—and how resistance begins with refusing silence.

Anita Dube on using Aamir Aziz’s poem in her artwork: ‘I made an ethical lapse’

Aamir Aziz says his poem ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jaayega’ was used without consent in a velvet artwork and has sent a notice to artist Anita Dube. It’s started a conversation on artistic boundaries.

How Shams and Rumi met—the union that sprung the poet’s ‘Diwan-e-Shams’

In 'Rumi: A New Selection', Farrukh Dhondy offers a fresh, insightful collection of the poet’s most profound works.

New book explores the misunderstood legacy of Persian poet Jalal-al-Din Rumi in the West

Published by HarperCollins India, 'Rumi: A New Selection' by Farrukh Dhondy will be released on 2 April on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online platform for launching non-fiction books.

‘If Instagram was there in the ’80s, my poet friends would still be alive,’ says Jeet Thayil

Jeet Thayil turns a mirror to the country and himself in his new book. Gandhi is reborn as a house gecko, the government is fake and his love grows wings and flies away.

Delhi poet Mir Taqi Mir called Lucknow ghazals mere descriptions of ‘kissing and licking’, not poetry

During the 18th century, Awadh grew into a region of leading wealth. Ira Mukhoty brings back the lost life of the region, it recounts its important figures, artists, and poets.

Queer love and loss inspired Lord Byron’s poetry—his letters reveal it all

In Byron’s case, the most tantalising absence is the burning of his memoirs by the overzealous curators of his posthumous reputation – his sister, publisher, and friends.

On Camera

BJP vs BJP battle in Constitution Club is a glimpse of widening fault lines—Mumbai to Lucknow

Tuesday’s Constitution Club election is not the finale of the ‘Thakur-versus-the rest’ battle in the BJP. Wait for the caste census result to come ahead of the next Lok Sabha election.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.