Poetry India
July 2026 Issue
“Some argue that speaking of love, equality, or beauty in poetry is itself a form of politics. They claim that every poem is, in essence, political. But then, if that is the case, is there any need to identify certain poems separately as “political poems”? I believe there is…”
– from the Editorial
May 2025 Issue
“On April 3, 2025, the Supreme Court upheld an earlier verdict of the Calcutta High Court and invalidated 25,752 appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016 through a regional level selection test. The SSC scam, till date, is West Bengal’s biggest recruitment scam, already resulting in the arrest of several…”
– from the Editorial
July 2024 Issue
“As we dedicate the third edition of Poetry India to Surjit Patar whom we lost a few months ago, we remember this poem of his. A poem like this could only be written by a Surjit Patar who never compromised with his sword that looked like a pen, who proved that political poetry could be gracefully lyrical, that protest requires firmness of spirit and (not necessarily) the loudness of voice…”
– from the Editorial
May 2023 Issue
“On 8 April 2023, Noon: New and Selected Poems, the latest book of poems by Jayanta Mahapatra was published in Bhubaneswar. Jayanta Mahapatra, a legend of our times, is enviously active even at 95. In the book-release function, he spoke at length about the love he has been receiving from his friends and readers over a long period of time, a love that has kept him alive as a poet…”
– from the Editorial
Inaugural Issue
“We are proud to launch Poetry India: Contemporary Poetry in English and Translation, a project that aims at curating poetry by Indian poets or poets of Indian origin. Although India claims to be the world’s second-largest English-speaking country, according to the 2011 Census, only 10.6% of the population can speak English. In India, English bears cultural influences as the nation houses multiple vernaculars…”
– from the Desk of Ethos Literary Journal