“The Abandoned British Cemetery at Balasore” is a reflective poem by Jayanta Mahapatra, one of India’s most acclaimed modern English poets.

“Small-Scale Reflections on a Great House” by A.K. Ramanujan is a reflective and subtly ironic poem that explores the cultural, emotional, and symbolic significance of an ancestral Indian house.

“Hunger,” one of Jayanta Mahapatra’s most widely anthologised poems, is a stark and unsettling exploration of human desperation set against the socio-economic realities of coastal Odisha.

“Background Casually” is a semi-autobiographical poem by Nissim Ezekiel, one of the most significant voices in post-independence Indian English poetry.

“Poet Lover Birdwatcher” by Nissim Ezekiel is one of his most celebrated works, reflecting his mature poetic vision and disciplined artistic philosophy.

The poem “A River”, first published in The Striders in 1966, centers on the river Vaigai that flows through Madurai — a city long regarded as the cradle of Tamil culture.

Poem "Of Mothers, Among Other Things" by A.K. Ramanujan revolves around the poet’s recollections of his mother and was first published in Relations.

Nissim Ezekiel’s poem “Marriage” offers a grounded, often ironic depiction of the institution, stripping away romanticised notions to reveal a frank—even at times sceptical—view of married life.

Nissim Ezekiel’s “In India” is a satirical piece that adopts the voice of a tourist overwhelmed—and often repelled—by what he encounters in the country.

Kamala Das as a confessional poet stands as one of the most powerful and unmistakably confessional voices in modern Indian English poetry.