PLAYS in India often seem to Westerners like pretty long-winded affairs. Well, as a matter of fact, they are. What many Westerners really can’t quite grasp, though, is that Indians like them that way ...

Indian actress and poetry presenter Spruha Joshi will be part of a poetry and music program Saturday in Columbus. Columbus Ganesh Mandal is hosting a playful Marathi poetry recital program, ...

Many students and scholars have read about the “gloomy pine trees” in Henry Wordsworth Longfellow’s famous poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” but few know the poem’s actual roots. Robert Dale Parker, ...

Editors Sukrita Paul Kumar (left) and Vinita Agrawal. “…This year, one of the distinctive features in the selected poems turns out to be that of many poets unravelling their connection with their ...

Poetry in India has always been more than art; it has been emotion, philosophy, and rebellion wrapped in rhythm. From the soulful verses of Gulzar, the depth of Javed Akhtar, and the timeless ...

Indian diplomats have a long and storied history of contribution to literature, ranging from acclaimed novels to short stories and poetry. India’s ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, Abhay Kumar — ...

Lucknow: Poetry and shared food marked an evening celebrating women's voices as Lucknow Bioscope, Sanatkada and Naimatkhana organised a poetry session.

Popular poets of Hindi and Urdu origin Waseem Barelvi, Ifthikar Arif, Manzar Bhopali, Dr A Abdullah, Dr Kalim Qaiser and Dewal Asheesh, among others, will be performing. Indian Ambassdor to the UAE M ...

Twelve poets read over 40 poems covering a wide range of topics — including barriers to mental health care, family stories and the cacophony of sounds made when frying chicken — during The American ...