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classic poetry

  • The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess

    The world of Lalla: A journey into the heart of the 14th-century Kashmiri mystic poetess

    Mar 30, 2025 · 03:30 pm
  • A glimpse of five centuries of Amir Khusraw’s poetry

    A glimpse of five centuries of Amir Khusraw’s poetry

    Oct 05, 2022 · 01:30 pm
  • A ‘new’ poetry find has left lovers of Sappho thrilled, but its backstory may have been fabricated

    A ‘new’ poetry find has left lovers of Sappho thrilled, but its backstory may have been fabricated

    Feb 23, 2021 · 05:30 pm
  • Thousands of years before becoming a vegan hit, the jackfruit was an intrinsic part of Sangam poetry

    Thousands of years before becoming a vegan hit, the jackfruit was an intrinsic part of Sangam poetry

    Apr 06, 2019 · 07:45 am
  • How Wilfred Owen became a chronicler of the futility of war through his poems

    How Wilfred Owen became a chronicler of the futility of war through his poems

    Nov 09, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

    Not just the last Mughal: Three ghazals by Bahadur Shah Zafar, the poet king

    Nov 07, 2018 · 08:30 am
  • Sylvia Plath would have been 88 today. Did we make her up inside our heads?

    Sylvia Plath would have been 88 today. Did we make her up inside our heads?

    Oct 27, 2018 · 05:30 pm
  • Eight ‘Bhakti’ poems that show India had multiple and diverse paths to devotion

    Eight ‘Bhakti’ poems that show India had multiple and diverse paths to devotion

    Jun 18, 2017 · 12:30 pm
  • The lost verse: Why is Iqbal going out of fashion?

    The lost verse: Why is Iqbal going out of fashion?

    Dec 25, 2016 · 07:00 am
  • Why the new Neruda poems should not be turned into FB status messages

    Why the new Neruda poems should not be turned into FB status messages

    Aug 30, 2015 · 03:30 pm
  • One hundred years of no solitude: ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ lives on in India

    One hundred years of no solitude: ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ lives on in India

    Jun 07, 2015 · 07:30 pm