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Thursday, August 14, 2025
TopicPoetry

Topic: poetry

Agha Shahid Ali was an inspiration to friends, a lover of people. His poems linked memory and history

Agha Shahid Ali rejected minimalism and sought to broaden English through the expressiveness of Urdu, despite his immersion in American poetry.

Pakistani singer Zeeshan Ali has more Indian fans. They call him new Ali Sethi

A third-generation migrant from India, Zeeshan Ali’s great-grandfather Balak Singh was a Sikh from Jalandhar in Punjab.

‘I love you like a solar panel loves the sun.’ Can climate change poetry save Earth?

Love in the Times of Climate Change, a collaboration between CEEW and Unerase Poetry, wants to make the dialogue around climate change accessible to everyone.

Tony Jesudasan that you don’t know — Kafka in chemistry class and poems

When I last spoke to Tony, we said we were in the departure lounge.

Budget 2023: A ghazal here, a shloka there, the raconteurs who liven up Budget sessions

2nd term of Modi-led NDA govt's tenure has recorded maximum instances of MPs indulging in such oratorical flourishes, according to Lok Sabha website’s debates section.

Scientists must use poetry to address climate change, bring complex ideas to non-specialists

Engaging with different groups of people means thinking about how the climate crisis affects each of them at a local level. It's a gargantuan task, but worth it.

Subscriber writes poem on women empowerment

Taking inspiration from Rabindranath Tagores’ ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’, Jayanti Sengupta Sharma writes about the shackles that hold women back

Subscriber writes: poem on struggles of the transgender community

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

After 64 days in jail for ‘ULFA’ poem, Assam teen back home. No chargesheet, parents in debt

Barshashree Buragohain was arrested after her Facebook poem was interpreted as endorsing the banned ULFA-I. Back home, she is shaken but dreams of becoming a math professor.

When will Gulzar retire? The poet, Bollywood lyricist gave an answer during his America tour

In a rare series of events, audiences in US and Canada got to see Gulzar discuss his films and music in his signature white kurta and characteristic simplicity.

On Camera

Biting terror, doggone dilemma, urban menace. Indian TV war over Delhi street dogs

News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

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.