Poetic

Bichu Thirumala was prolific as a lyricist in Malayalam mainstream cinema from the 1970s till the 1990s, penning around 3,000 film songs as well as several non-film and devotional songs Lyricist Bichu Thirumala, who penned many a…

Perhaps Kim’s sense of precariousness owes something to his being an immigrant. He grew up in Seoul, where his parents still live; his father is a minister of Won Buddhism, a 20th-century Korean reform variant of the religion, and his…

There was a moment, starting on Jan. 20, 2021, as the 23-year-old poet Amanda Gorman stood on the steps of the Capitol in her sunny yellow coat, reading her work “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration, when the viewing…

PRAYAGRAJ: The ‘All India Mushaira and Kavi Sammelan’, scheduled to be held at Allahabad University on Friday under the joint aegis of Uttar Pradesh Urdu Akademi, Central Cultural Committee and Urdu department of AU to mark the 75th…

Alison Saar’s sculptures of Black women are like sentinels. Standing or enthroned, their job is to keep watch. And in some uncommonly disconcerting instances, to be on the lookout while suspended from the ceiling, rather than rising upright…

The outcry of the moralist in the poet against the modern industrial civilisation is palpable: "Humans have long/savaged mother nature/and now she is/extracting revenge,..." (from Life in the Time of Corona).By Deba Prasad NandaThe…

Vikas Singh, the lawyer representing late actor Sushant Singh Rajput's family, has commented on the arrest of his former flatmate Siddharth Pithani, calling it 'poetic justice'. Siddharth was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau…

Express News Service If you are a Malayali, chances are that you have come across the song ‘pathayorangale bhootakalangale’ at least once in your life. The track that was originally part of a web series went viral ahead…

Clearly, Hindi poetry and poets are seeing a huge shift in reception today.In February this year, celebrated Hindi poet Kumar Vishwas signed a five-book deal worth Rs 1 crore with Vani Prakashan Group. He is also frequently invited to…

Why do people hoard things and what do the things they hoard say about them? Artist and poet Kate Durbin explores this…