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Topic: poetry

What to do when your paramour sends you a poem? It’s mostly game over after that

Whatever gives people the courage to send poems to their insignificant others is spreading like a viral fever. The big disruptor? ChatGPT.

As Taliban declares war on verse, Afghan women lose their only weapon, but say silence won’t last

Law bans romantic poetry, criticism of Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, or references to 'un-Islamic' ideologies, feminism, communism, democracy, & nationalism.

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.

On Camera

Why Samay Raina is making Kashmiri Pandits proud

Kashmiri Pandits had only two choices: pick up the gun and risk the decimation of an already small community, or leave—and live. We chose the latter.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

‘Atmanirbharta in defence can’t be just about making weapons, need sovereignty’—Air Marshal at Ran Samwad 

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Ashutosh Dixit also spoke about theaterisation of Indian armed forces and said that over 90% agreement has been reached on the same.

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.