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This Week in PoetryEpisode 10 - Exploring A. K. Ramanujan's Poetic MasterpiecesExploring A. K. Ramanujan's Poetic Masterpieces
In this episode of 'This Week in Poetry with Professor Nedumaran,' Professor Nedumaran presents a series of poems from A. K. Ramanujan's 'Uncollected Poems and Prose.' The episode features detailed discussions and recitations of the poems 'Waiting,' 'Farewells,' 'Returning,' and 'Daily Drivel.' Each poem explores profound and often philosophical themes from simple, everyday moments. The episode also recommends Ramanujan's companion work, 'Journey's: A Poet's Diary,' and emphasizes Ramanujan's poetry's conversational and thought-provoking style.
00:00 Introduction to This Week in Poetry
00:52 Exploring...2024-07-2711 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 9 - Imtiaz DharkerHello there, Poetry Lovers,
Welcome to this This Week in Poetry with Professor Nedumaran. We are back with episode nine and in this installment, we're about to embark on a poetic journey with one of the most compelling voices of our time, Imtiaz Dharker. Born in Pakistan, and raised in Scotland, Imtiaz Dharker's life unfolds as a mosaic of diverse cultures and experiences. She divides her time between the bustling streets of London and the vibrant city of Mumbai, India. This intersection of mixed heritage and an itinerant lifestyle lies at the very heart of her poetry...2023-10-2209 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 8 - K. SatchidanandanThis week in Poetry - Episode Eight. In the coming weeks, we shall explore the amazing variety of poems in English written by Indian poets from the Pithamahan of Modernism, Nissim Ezekiel to the very young like Sivakami Velliyangiri, with their "thoughts weaned in silence, but spoken as poems". This is a whole new generation of poets exploring creativity with utter disregard for labels and canons, reading aloud, or performing their poems and expressing themselves on a dazzling variety of themes; provocative, transparent, and at times damning.
In this episode, we shall read some of the poems o...2023-09-1209 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 7 - Ars Poetica and Other PoemsWelcome back to this week in poetry - episode seven. A poem is communicated before it is understood. Hence, a poem shall be read aloud heard, especially its music, its orchestrated sounds. The listeners shall feel those sounds before attempting analysis, particularly content analysis. Poems were read aloud in public, in durbars, in the presence of kings and people.
And therefore this week in poetry is an effort at reviving the tradition of Kavi Samelans and Kavi Arangams where poets presented their work to the aficianados and lovers of poetry. Right. Without much ado, let's move on...2023-08-2206 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 6 - W.B. Yeats and Bharathi DasanWelcome back to This Week in Poetry. Oh, I am absolutely thrilled to be back with my listeners after a break. We shall begin our new season, visiting some of the great minds who made a huge difference to the ways creativity and poetic imagination would take shape in the 20th century.
In this episode, we shall listen to couple of poems from W. B. Yeats, the Anglo, Irish poet, and two poems from the Tamil revolutionary poet of the 20th century, Bharathi Dasan.
Adam's Curse by W.B. Yeats. Professor Harold Bloom calls this...2023-08-2213 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 5 - Thomas Hood, Billy Collins and MeeraIn this episode, we have an impressive playlist of poems. We being with a reading of a poem by Billy Collins, an American poet. We also have Thomas Hood from the romantic period, and we close the episode with a poem by Meera.
Needless to remind you, we are surrounded by words from the past and the present from east and west, north and south, we get giddy with emotions and thoughts, moods and feelings, entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, always engaging us in a conversation. Listening to them is more than communication.
It's an awesome experience...2023-08-2211 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 4 - Shakespeare, Frost and Kavikko Abdul RahmanHello there! Welcome to Episode 4.
Beginning this episode I shall be presenting some of the best poems in world poetry i enjoyed reading & teaching.
Let's listen to the words! Let life touch you! We spend a lot of time indoors in these strange times, hardly communicating with the near and dear, separated by distance and dread of disease! Time for some sunshine! Words from these great men and women bring so much joy, restore balance, and the power to face life head on! Listening becomes such a special joy,
strengthening ties, reinforcing faith in...2023-08-2207 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 3 - A.K. RamanujanIn this episode, we'll explore the poems of A.K. Ramanujan. AKR as he was popularly known was born in 1929 in Mysore. He moved to the us in 1962 and became a very distinguished Professor of linguistics and Dravidian studies at the University of Chicago. He's well known for his poems of love and war, an anthology of classical poems in Tamil translated into the English language. His poems in English are the reflections of an expatriate Indian poet, swinging between his perceptions of the vitality, energy, freedom of the west and his memories of his roots in his classical...2023-08-2207 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 2 - Nissim EzekielHello there! Welcome to This week in Poetry with Prof. Nedumaran. In this episode we will be exploring the poems of Nissim Ezekiel.
“Best poets wait for words”- Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher. Nissim Ezekiel waited for his words throughout his academic, poetic,public life. Through his poetry he asserted his identity as Indian, though born of Jewish parents. He was a promoter of poetry. Bruce King, the author of Modern Indian Poetry in English firmly declares, “ Others wrote poems; Ezekiel wrote poetry”.
Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS, Night of the Scorpion and Enterprise are up for r...2023-08-2208 minThis Week in PoetryEpisode 1 - Kamala DasIn the opening episode of this podcast, Prof. Nedumaran reads a couple of poems written by Kamala Das - My grandmother's house and an introduction. Enjoy!
Exploring Indian Poetry in English: Week 1
Professor Nedumaran dives into the world of Indian poetry in English in this podcast episode. He shares his journey with the English language and how he discovered various new words. He credits this curiosity and passion to his teachers and other sources of English learning like All India Radio. The focus of the episode is on Indian poet Kamala Das, her eccentric style...2023-08-2214 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 6 - W.B. Yeats & Bharathi DasanWelcome back to This Week in Poetry. Oh, I am absolutely thrilled to be back with my listeners after a break. We shall begin our new season, visiting some of the great minds who made a huge difference to the ways creativity and poetic imagination would take shape in the 20th century.In this episode, we shall listen to couple of poems from W. B. Yeats, the Anglo, Irish poet, and two poems from the Tamil revolutionary poet of the 20th century, Bharathi Dasan. Adam's Curse by W.B. Yeats. Professor Harold Bloom calls this poem...2022-03-0809 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 5 - Thomas Hood, Billy Collins & MeeraIn this episode, we have an impressive playlist of poems. We being with a reading of a poem by Billy Collins, an American poet. We also have Thomas Hood from the romantic period, and we close the episode with a poem by Meera.Needless to remind you, we are surrounded by words from the past and the present from east and west, north and south, we get giddy with emotions and thoughts, moods and feelings, entertaining, enlightening, inspiring, always engaging us in a conversation. Listening to them is more than communication.It's an awesome experience. Well...2021-11-0111 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 4 - Shakespeare, Frost and Kavikko Abdul RahmanHello there! Welcome to Episode 4.Beginning this episode I shall be presenting some of the best poems in world poetry i enjoyed reading & teaching. Let's listen to the words! Let life touch you! We spend a lot of time indoors in these strange times, hardly communicating with the near and dear, separated by distance and dread of disease! Time for some sunshine! Words from these great men and women bring so much joy, restore balance, and the power to face life head on! Listening becomes such a special joy,strengthening ties, reinforcing faith in life...2021-10-0207 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 3 - A.K. RamanujanIn this episode, we'll explore the poems of A.K. Ramanujan. AKR as he was popularly known was born in 1929 in Mysore. He moved to the us in 1962 and became a very distinguished Professor of linguistics and dravidian studies at the University of Chicago. He's well known for his poems of love and war, an anthology of classical poems in Tamil translated into the English language. His poems in English are the reflections of an expatriate Indian poet, swinging between his perceptions of the vitality, energy, freedom of the west and his memories of his roots in his classical past...2021-09-2207 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 2 - Nissim EzekielHello there! Welcome to This week in Poetry with Prof. Nedumaran. In this episode we will be exploring the poems of Nissim Ezekiel.“Best poets wait for words”- Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher. Nissim Ezekiel waited for his words throughout his academic, poetic,public life. Through his poetry he asserted his identity as Indian, though born of Jewish parents. He was a promoter of poetry. Bruce King, the author of Modern Indian Poetry in English firmly declares, “ Others wrote poems; Ezekiel wrote poetry”. Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa TS, Night of the Scorpion and Enterprise are up for read...2021-09-1308 min
This Week in PoetryEpisode 1 - Kamala DasIn the opening episode of this podcast, Prof. Nedumaran reads a couple of poems written by Kamala Das - My grandmother's house and an introduction. Enjoy!Production & Design: www.inscapemedia.com This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit profrn.substack.com2021-09-0214 min