For the past two seasons, The White Lotus has been giving watchers who are also readers fun ‘lil clues into the characters ...

While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

The Beloved is my eternal sun And I, the lover, like a planet run In orbit round him and when springtime comes And branches ...

Not just Urfi, many other Muslim poets such as Raskhan and Rasleen depicted myriad moods of Holi and wrote poems in Braj dialect ... Fariduddin Attar, predecessor of Rumi, called it "Zahanat ...

If you’re looking for quick poetry for reflection, Rumi’s work is a stellar place to start. This short but powerful set of verses comes from The Egyptian Book of the Dead, a collection of ...

These are poems of youth, rich in youth’s grandeur and urge towards the casually ceremonial. The book opens on a chase, the collective police-evading narrators “athletes fur the buzz” and it ...

This is the first time that the PM accepted the invitation from the festival organisers, the Rumi Foundation ... based in Delhi-NCR and author of books including 'The Demolition, The Verdict ...

This brand-new poetry collection is a must-read for anyone who has ever loved, lost, and learned to heal. Rithvik Singh, one of India’s highest-selling authors, pours his heart into this book, ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. We bring you a true grab bag of recommended books this week, united by little besides excellence and interest. There’s a ...

it can be challenging to find truly good poetry books. That’s why we’ve talked to award-winning poets Grace Schulman and Chandanie Somwaru for their recommendations, and I’ve added a few of ...

Currently only one in ten Australians read any poetry. In 2025, most Australian poetry books, usually published by small presses with limited distribution, sell in the hundreds rather than the ...