World Poetry Day is observed annually on March 21 to pay tribute to poets. It also aims to promote the reading, writing, and teaching of poetry worldwide. Poetry is a form of art and culture.

Do you ever think about how poetry’s is relevant to politics? Dujie Tahat does. Tahat is Seattle’s new Civic Poet for the 2025 to 2026 term. Tahat spoke to the Northwest Asian Weekly about how they ...

It received positive reviews for its sensitive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes and is now available on Tentkotta. Fire (Tamil) – Tentkotta Directed by J Sathish Kumar, Fire is a crime thriller that made ...

When now-poet laureate Simon Armitage retired from the Probation Service, his dad was “a bit miffed”. “I went into probation because my dad was a probation officer,” Armitage tells Big Issue. “He was ...

Chennai: Even as the Tamil Nadu government fights what it calls the “imposition” of Hindi through the three-language formula, the number of student enrolments in Tamil-medium schools in the state has ...

In 1994, Australian poet Dorothy Porter published a book unlike any other: Monkey's Mask, a lesbian crime novel written in verse. The genre-bending book was a bestseller and was later adapted for ...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has become part of a debate in Tamil Nadu about the three-language system in schools. People are discussing whether Pichai, who is from Tamil Nadu, learned Hindi during ...

A Manx poet, actor, and playwright has received the Isle of Man's top cultural award. Annie Kissack has been awarded the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan, or Manannan's Choice of the Year, by Culture Vannin.

Amid its war of words with the Centre over the three-language policy under the National Education Policy, the DMK-led Tamil Nadu government Thursday dropped the Devanagari rupee symbol and replaced it ...

NEP 2020: The DMK government led by MK Stalin in Tamil Nadu has vociferously opposed the three-language formula proposed in the National Education Policy 2020, declaring the state will not implement ...

Stepping up the campaign to promote Tamil, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, on Thursday (March 13, 2025), released a promotional logo for the State Budget 2025-26, replacing the Indian currency symbol ...