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Poetry
If our more dramatic moments are beads on a necklace, Meanwhile concerns itself with the thread that connects them. Sometimes it is soft, silken. Sometimes it pulls and tightens around your neck. A beloved heirloom. A pretty noose. Because sometimes the ordinary is far from mundane. Read four poems from
A tour de force that allows the ancient voice of Valmiki’s Ramayana to engage with modern experience, Vivek Narayanan’s After initiates a transformative conversation across time. Read two dazzling poems from the book:
Considered the mother of modern Indian poetry, Kamala Das was clubbed under the rubric of a confessional poet by critics because of her raw, candid depiction of her experiences in her poems. The eloquence with which she describes grief and talks about female desire and sexuality in her poetry provides
Megha Rao’s Teething is a poignant story told in verse. It begins when Kochu, a young boy in Kerala, is caught kissing the neighbour’s son. All hell breaks loose, ending in Kochu taking his own life. Years after the scandal, after discovering his suicide note, his oldest sister, Achu, sets out to
Born in 1943, Gulzar is one of India’s leading poets; he has published a number of volumes of poetry and fiction (several of which are available in translation) and is also regarded as one of the country’s finest writers for children. A greatly respected scriptwriter and film director, he has