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Poetry of India 74/100: K. Satchidanandan and the Many Voices of Contemporary Malayalam Poetry

Part 74 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through Indian poetry. K. Satchidanandan is a major contemporary Malayalam poet, critic and translator whose work engages with politics, memory, language and the responsibilities of literature. His writing often places local experience in conversation with wider histories, demonstrating how poetry can be rooted in a place while remaining alert to glo…

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Poetry of India 26/100: Bhanubhakta Acharya and the Nepali Ramayana Tradition

Part 26 of The Poetry Pulse’s 100-part journey through South Asian poetry. Bhanubhakta Acharya is celebrated as a foundational figure in Nepali literature, especially for rendering the Ramayana into a form of Nepali accessible to a broad readership. His importance is not simply that he retold a famous epic. He helped demonstrate that a literary language used by ordinary people could carry major r…

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