Poet

Uber temporarily suspends account of Mumbai driver who took Jaipur poet to cops; BJP MLA felicitates cabbie with 'Alert Citizenship Award'

The Uber driver who took 23-year-old poet, Bappadittya Sarkar, to a Mumbai police station after he overheard the poet's phone conservation about anti-CAA protest was suspended for 72-hours, reports Mumbai Mirror

Mumbai Uber driver takes passenger to police station after overhearing conversation on CAA protests; taxi aggregator terms incident as 'concerning'

Uber came under the scanner on Thursday after an Uber driver on overhearing a phone conversation of a passenger, called the cops to 'turn in' and denounce the passenger as a 'communist'.

Persian mathematician Omar Khayyam’s 971st birthday celebrated in Google Doodle

Khayyam has some important contributions in the field of mathematics, literature, and astronomy.

In Maharashtra's Shirgaon village, a 'farmer poet' defies stereotypes, seeks freedom through her words

Suvarna Maskar's first poem was published within a few months in 2008 in a Marathi daily Pudhari.

Two Full Moons review: Vinita Agrawal's intimate new book is a nourishing mix of imagistic, surreal poems

Vinita Agrawal’s fourth book of poems, Two Full Moons is a constellation of moments that are hauntingly visceral one second and deeply intimate in the very next.

In Maharashtra's Malgaon village, a retired school peon battles casteism with his poetry

The 63-year-old retired peon from Malgaon village in Satara district of Maharashtra completed his 47th poem in the first half of this year.

Padma Bhushan awardee lyricist and poet Gopal Das 'Neeraj', passes away aged 93

Neeraj won three back to back Filmfare awards in the 70s for his compositions in Chanda Aur Bijli, Pehchaan and Mera Naam Joker

My Sunset Marriage review: Hoshang Merchant's collected poems make for enjoyable reading

Hoshang Merchant is known commonly as India’s “first openly gay poet”, a serviceable label that's also served him criticism

Assassinated by Pinochet? As mystery lingers, Chile reburies Nobel-winning Pablo Neruda

Chile reburied Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda's remains on Tuesday after exhuming them to determine whether he was assassinated by late dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime - a mystery that still lingers.

Urdu poet Rahat Indori denied US visa; officials unconvinced he will return

The poet said the officials handed him a paper which said he failed to convince them that he will return to India after the event.