When love contracts, it lives in the chest of one person. When it expands, it becomes the world. Jigar Moradabadi understood ...

Once Mishra said, “Satires are appreciable only when they tear into evils instead of lampooning an individual.” One of his ...

Pronounced “Old Lang Zyne,” experts say it started as a poem, and has since become a song that is now a staple in New Year’s ...

The Marathi poet’s work often reflects on the myriad ways human bonds are fractured, exploring themes of alienation, fear, ...

If you’ve ever written a set of lyrics or a poem, you’ve probably imagined how it might sound as a song. But turning words ...

Laura Cassidy’s books of the year include intricate yet accessible poems, a Cork City-based crime thriller, the Giller Prize winner 2025, and a top grade campus novel ...

As December descended, people all over the country could finally sense a relief from their pangs of a year-long wait for ...

Social media and ChatGPT are changing the way we use text. Artists are pulling text in different directions in their practice, too. Some examples from recent shows across Goa and New Delhi.

The concert was organised as a tribute not only to President Higgins’s poetry, but also to his enduring legacy and advocacy ...

Language has a remarkable way of capturing not just meaning but sensation. Some words seem to sound like what they describe, ...

Clement Clarke Moore (1779 – 1863) wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas,” also known as “A Visit from St. Nicholas ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...