The author of ‘Kalkatta Chronicles’ and ‘Kolkata Classics’ gives insight into her debut foray into Hindustani poetry ...

The Murty Classical Library of India sifts through multiple languages and thousands of years to bring a nation’s literary ...

In fact, the Bhakti tradition, particularly in north India was an attempt to democratise religion, restricted to Sanskrit mantra-chanting priesthood into vernacular poetry ... Ramayana in the 14th ...

Sixteen hundred years later, Tulsidas composed the Hanuman Chalisa ... recalling the author's earlier association with Chinese poetry. This visual opulence is matched by the simplicity of its ...

Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Ravan is a favourite of Bollywood film-makers. He is depicted variously. We have ...

In Ramcharitmanas, while describing Ram amid Sita's marriage in Bihar's Mithila, Tulsidas mentions how women playfully ... are abused during Holi poetry sessions. Abuses are hurled at every important ...

So, if you’re looking for the perfect words for your loved one this year, why not share one of these poems, which attempt to express the wonder and complexities of romantic love. If you make a ...

And if you ask me how, I do not know. I only feel it, and I’m torn in two. Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness ...

Their poems are part of world history and culture. Poets should and must document the destruction and horrors of war. But can poetry ameliorate a war or hasten a peaceful resolution? Perhaps ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...