Indian Poets

Speaking truth to power: Iqra Khilji presents 'Khabees' and 'Haq Paraston Ke Naam'

Iqra Khilji, who shot to fame with her poem Khabees, speaks about what poetry means to her and her literary inspirations

Poet, scholar Meena Alexander, known for award-winning poetry collection Illiterate Heart, dies at 67

Meena Alexander was best-known for her award-winning collections of poetry Illiterate Heart (2002) and Raw Silk (2004) among many other literary works.

Gieve Patel's Collected Poems offer a rare journey into the writer’s mind and imagination, its development

Gieve Patel — a medical practitioner, playwright and painter — published his first collection of poems in 1966. The poem ‘On Killing a Tree’ from that collection is perhaps his most widely known.

World Poetry Day: Read the selected verses of three noted Indian poets, in Assamese, Malayalam, Sindhi

On World Poetry Day 2018, poets Jiban Narah (Assamese), Anita Thampi (Malayalam), Mohan Himthani (Sindhi) share their verses with us — spanning subjects as diverse as smartphone addiction to womanhood

On World Poetry Day, an ode to the quiet genius of Kedarnath Singh's verses

Inspired initially by Brecht and later by Neruda, Kedarnath Singh found rare balance between accessibility and depth | #FirstCulture

Full Disclosure: Manohar Shetty on why successful poems have a life of their own

Manohar Shetty’s Full Disclosure (2017) brings together selected poems from each of his seven previous collections | #FWeekend

Poet/prophet: Adil Jussawalla on poetry, mortality, and his recent prolific output after years of 'absence'

In this interview with Firstpost, the poet Adil Jussawalla talks about his latest collection of verse, Gulestan; his iconic Clearing House Collective, and the 'Bombay Poets'