Poetry
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Jai Verma obituary
My friend Jai Verma, who has died aged 75, was a poet, a writer and cross-cultural organiser who served as a b…
- Australian theatre, Culture, India, Perth festival, Poetry, South and Central Asia, Stage, Western Australia
A five-hour play, 4,000 years in the making: India’s epic Mahabharata arrives in Australia
The world’s oldest surviving poem is a ‘tragically relevant’ tale of vengeance to rival Game of Thrones, with …
- Bangladesh, Culture, Global development, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, Poetry, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Is the world listening?’: the poets challenging Myanmar’s military
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and beyond are using poetry to come to terms with atrocities – and as a form o…
- Books, Culture, Human rights, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, Poetry, Protest, South and Central Asia, World news
Myanmar’s first literary work since coup reveals ‘courage and altruism’ of writers
Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring was born from a desire to preserve online expressions of outra…
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Hungry for war: my journey from peaceful poet to revolutionary soldier
Formerly an anti-war poet, Maung Saungkha has endured a harsh training regime to prepare for armed struggle ag…
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The poem that’s channelling India’s anger about the pandemic | Salil Tripathi
A 14-line Gujarati verse has highlighted India’s shocking response to Covid – and Narendra Modi’s growing unpo…
- Afghanistan, Books, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Life and style, Poetry, Sex, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Love and desire’: how erotic poetry is helping Afghans through lockdown
A new generation of poets in Afghanistan is exploring the physical side of love – and isolation is their inspi…