Introduction Let’s take a step back in time to the British Raj in India, and explore the intensity of a poem that expresses a nation’s aspiration to revive its lost […]
Introduction to Kamala Das and her poem “An Introduction” Kamala Das, an Indian poet, memoirist, and short story writer, has captivated readers with her unique voice and powerful themes in […]
“Dawn at Puri,” a poem by the renowned Indian poet Jayanta Mahapatra, presents a vivid and melancholic portrayal of a morning scene on the sea-beach of Puri, a famous and […]
In Madurai,city of temples and poets,who sang of cities and temples,every summera river dries to a tricklein the sand,baring the sand ribs,straw and women’s hairclogging the watergatesat the rusty barsunder […]
LIKE a huge Python, winding round and roundThe rugged trunk, indented deep with scars,Up to its very summit near the stars,A creeper climbs, in whose embraces boundNo other tree could […]
It started as a pilgrimageExalting minds and making allThe burdens light, The second stageExplored but did not test the call.The sun beat down to match our rage. 5 We stood […]
I don’t know politics but I know the namesOf those in power, and can repeat them likeDays of week, or names of months, beginning with Nehru.I am Indian, very brown, […]
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by Henry Louis Vivian Derozio My country! In thy days of glory pastA beauteous halo circled round thy browand worshipped as a deity thou wast—Where is thy glory, where the […]
