Poetry Darbaar
By Launchora
Hosted by Lakshya Datta, Poetry Darbaar brings you the poems, the shayaris, the kavitas, and the poets of India - celebrating the best of contemporary Indian poetry across its many languages - including Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, and many more. Through live readings and conversations with the poets themselves, this show will attempt to explore answers to one question: where do the words come from? This podcast is produced by Launchora, and the poems are curated by writer-editor-publisher Namita Gokhale.
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Latest episode
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Adventures in Poetry: Sampurna Chattarji and Karuna Ezara Parikh in conversation
The context and structure of this conversation is Sampurna’s new book “Space Guliver”. In this book, Sampurna chronicles not only the journey of its alien protagonist, but also how one wor(l)d changes into another …. a fantastically engineer… -
Natakshala pesh karta hai "Ek Aakhri Raat Meera Ke Saath"
Suniye humare naye audio-show NATAKSHALA ka pehla natak "Ek Aakhri Raat Meera Ke Saath". Lekhak aur nirdeshak hain Lakshya Datta, Neel ki bhumika mein hain Rijul Kataria, aur Meera ki bhumika mein hai Gauri Saxena. -
Medha Singh's "The Same Fire"
Medha Singh reads her poems "Another Cremation", "The Same Fire", "An Answer" - and has a conversation with host Lakshya Datta about how she why she writes, her influences, and where the words come from. Medha Singh is a p… -
Viky Arya's "Aangan mein baithi Maa"
This episode is in Hindi. Viky Arya reads her poems "Aangan mein baithi Maa", "Aangan mein ek Ped", "Kaho kum", "Sa re suro ke beech", "Baat se Baat", "Dhaaga hoon" - and has a conversation with host Lakshya Datt… -
Ranjit Hoskote's "Ghalib in the Winter of the Great Revolt”
Ranjit Hoskote reads his poems "Cutting Device", "Ghalib in the Winter of the Great Revolt", "Night Sky and Counting" - and has a conversation with host Lakshya Datta about how he found poetry, and where the words come from. -
Play Me Life presents "One More Night With Meera"
A bonus episode of Poetry Darbaar - this one is the first audio-play "One More Night With Meera" from our new podcast: -
Gurpreet Saini's "Mohtaaj"
In episode #3, the poet in the darbaar is Gurpreet Saini - reading his poems “Mohtaaj / The Name”, “The Aim”, “The Lesson”, “Suraj”, and “Shaam”. In between the poems, host Lakshya Datta talks to Gurpreet about his two lives: Gurpreet the ly… -
Sampurna Chattarji's "Dogs, Mobs, and Rock Concerts"
In episode #2, the poet in the darbaar is Sampurna Chattarji - reading her poems "Dogs, Mobs, and Rock Concerts", "Mahim to Goregaon", and "Fear Not". In between the poems, host Lakshya Datta chats with Sampurna about her writing process and… -
Akhil Katyal's "He was as arrogant as a Chattarpur farmhouse"
In the premiere episode, the poet in the darbaar is Akhil Katyal - reading his poems "He was as arrogant as a Chattarpur farmhouse" (English) and "Agar tum koi metro station hoti" (Hindi). The poems bookend Akhil's conversation with Poetry D… -
Introducing "Poetry Darbaar": Launching Dec 9, 2019
A poem is a song and a story, all at once. A poem is a thought and a feeling, all at once. A poem is a mystery and a discovery, all at once. A poem is new and old, all at once. Host Lakshya Datta invites you listen to Laun…