Poetry
Here’s a list for the world’s top 5 poetry awards that you may know
Poetry is a form of wordplay that not everyone can possibly attain and comprehend. Yet it dates back to the most ancient languages in human civilization. From rhyming to forming...
The Striders
Poem: The Striders A young well-informed tree speaks of its ancestors and gives me a message through the usual back-alley of a dream: My ancestors, she says, Distant points of...
Indian-origin poet Bhanu Kapil makes it to the shortlist of T.S. Eliot Prize
Indian-origin poetess, Bhanu Kapil, has been shortlisted among 10 artists for the 2020 T.S. Eliot Prize, named after the renowned 20th-century American-British poet. Kapil, born in England and grown up...
American poet Louise Glück receives Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
After several years of scandals and controversy for the world’s pre-eminent literary accolade, the Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to American poetess Louise Glück on Thursday. The Nobel...
Rape Nation: Meena Kandaswamy’s poem on Hathras Horror that trembles one’s soul
Once again India is horrified with the brutal gang rape and death of a 20-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh. To add to the nation’s dismay, after she passed...