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Verse city: Mumbai’s poetic tradition is having a moment

Suchita Parikh-Mundul whose debut poetry collection ‘Absurd Theatre’ released this year, says social media has helped her find a community of poets she can discuss her work with. (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

mumbai news

Updated on Jun 29, 2026 06:08 pm IST

Why the creative economy begins with opportunity

Poetry

knowledge

Published on Jun 27, 2026 08:22 pm IST

Delhiwale: Every inch a poet

delhi news

Published on Jun 08, 2026 03:52 am IST

Delhiwale: This way to Ballimaran

This early morning, all the chashma shops are lying shuttered. (HT Photo)

delhi news

Published on May 23, 2026 03:12 am IST

Book Box: How to grow your own poem

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The Table from ‘How to Grow Your Own Poem’

india news

Updated on Apr 12, 2026 12:39 pm IST

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on April 10 in Delhi, Noida and Gurugram

Gram it: A view of the clouds as seen hovering over the skies at Safdarjung Tomb on Thursday. After the fresh spell of rains and storms, as predicted by IMD, the weather in the Capital is mostly sunny. But some are still feeling the chilly winds as April recently witnessed its coldest day in three years on Tuesday!

htcity delhi junction

Published on Apr 10, 2026 12:00 am IST

How Gunjan Saini tunrns everyday emotions into deeply relatable poetry

Gunjan Saini turns everyday emotions to relatable poetry.

art culture

Published on Apr 10, 2026 11:59 am IST

Woman quits KPMG Singapore job, becomes poet in Mumbai: ‘I was too…’

Namrata Yadav is a 28-year-old consultant-turned-writer.

trending

Updated on Mar 26, 2026 03:00 pm IST

Review: The Essential Mir by Anisur Rahman

A portrait of Mir Taqi Mir circa 1786. (Wikimedia Commons)

books

Published on Feb 28, 2026 03:52 am IST

Get to know... Nisschal Zaveri

Singer and composer Nisschal Zaveri wishes there were 36 hours in the day.

brunch

Updated on Feb 20, 2026 03:20 pm IST

Weekend events you can’t miss in Patna (Feb 20-22)

At Patna Open Mic by Live Stories, participants present original poetry, monologues, and short narratives before a live audience. (Representative photo)

patna news

Published on Feb 19, 2026 06:28 pm IST

A conversation on poetry and walking

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Schoolgirls walking much like the poet Sivakami Velliangiri and her friends did. “ As a schoolgirl, walking was a collective activity – a group of girls coming into their own, forging bonds of womanhood, and concocting stories about the unknown...” (Shutterstock)

books

Updated on Feb 17, 2026 02:25 pm IST

Roundabout I Spelling out ‘ishq’ as the spring breaks through

And more so in spring, so top of the charts is a novel by Tarana Husain Khan titled ‘The Courtesan, Her lover and I’, published by Hatchet. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Published on Feb 08, 2026 07:18 am IST

Weekend events you can’t miss in Patna (Jan 23-26)

Artist Eva Malhotra is showcasing unique installations in an exhibition titled Call to the Mystic at the Bihar Museum. (Incredible India website)

patna news

Published on Jan 22, 2026 09:13 am IST

Sahir Ludhianvi's journey, iconic songs brought alive in theatrical tribute

Rupali Chandra, Sudharshan Mani, Aftab Alam and Chandra Shekhar Varma in role of Amrita Pritam, Sahir Ludhianvi, Javed Akhtar and narrator during the play Sahir: Har Ik Pal Ka Shayar staged at UP Sangeet Natak Academy in Lucknow

lucknow news

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 05:32 pm IST

Book Box: Jaipur Lit Fest, from fight-or-flight to the comfort of books

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Jeet Thayil (left) in conversation with William Sieghart

india news

Updated on Jan 18, 2026 04:35 pm IST

Weekend events you can’t miss in Delhi-NCR (Jan 16-18)

Slovenian musician and puppeteer Matija Solc is known for his storytelling and will be performing at the OddBird theatre. (Redbull website)

delhi news

Published on Jan 15, 2026 03:15 pm IST

Delhiwale: Barbershop Homer

Known more commonly in the locality as Kaaliya, Asif (left) prefers the nickname to his original name. (HT Photo)

delhi news

Updated on Jan 15, 2026 10:35 am IST

World Hindi Day | Poet Nayab Midha: The day I wrote in Hindi, the world changed

Poetess Nayab Midha poses for HT City for an exclusive shoot at Baansera Park.

htcity delhi junction

Published on Jan 10, 2026 01:41 pm IST

Renee Nicole Good's award-winning poem goes viral; ODU links surface

A demonstrator holds a sign referring to the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent on January 7.

us news

Published on Jan 09, 2026 12:45 am IST

Poetry Pick One for Eunice

116pp, ₹499; HarperCollins (Courtesy the publisher)

books

Published on Dec 13, 2025 05:12 am IST

Actor-writer Paritosh Tripathi to launch his third book Ghanghor Ishq

Paritosh Tripathi's new book Ghanghor Ishq will be released on December 2

cinema

Updated on Nov 28, 2025 05:16 pm IST

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 13 November 2025

Gram it: Those wanting to visit must note that the Red Fort complex has been cordoned off; after the blast in Old Delhi on Monday. Here's a glimpse of some security personnel guarding the monument.

htcity delhi junction

Published on Nov 13, 2025 12:00 am IST

Delhiwale: ‘Climbed the tea, drank the stairs’

“I can now engage in full-time writing,” she Tiash, sitting at her usual window-side table in a Gurugram café. (HT)

delhi news

Published on Sept 26, 2025 03:36 am IST

Bialik in translation: Peter Cole and the politics of poetic memory

A long wagon train of rural Jewish refugees in Rowno (Rivne), northwestern Ukraine. From 1903-1906 pogroms left thousands of Jews dead and caused migration to North America. Hayim Nahman Bialik’s In the City of Slaughter (1904) is a Hebrew poem about the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev, which borders north western Ukraine and is today in Moldova. (Shutterstock)

books

Published on Sept 25, 2025 01:25 pm IST