indian writers
Instagram brings back poetry from the dead
July 2, 2021
Rupi Kaur, an Indian-Canadian who is the first of the “insta-poets” with 4.3 million followers, has been praised for being a voice of diversity in a poetry scene largely dominated by white, male authors. Her first collection, milk & honey, which reached the New York Time...
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Mahadevi Varma, the pioneer Hindi writer
March 26, 2020
Hindi literature is incomplete without the mention of Mahadevi Varma, one of the four pioneers who introduced neo-romanticism in Hindi poetry. A strong supporter of feminism, Varma became one of the first female Indian poets to raise the subject of women empowerment. “I remembe...
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Tales of Urdu
February 14, 2017
It’s the story of an Indian language that evolved with the waves of culture and time, and the storytelling forms that never fail to garner applause and love. Urdu, as we all know it, is richer than we think it is.
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