POETICA : 8 ‘Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people’. - Adrian Mitchell Poem of the Week Tiger A fragrant whiff Of air came And the tiger then Somewhere in a cage Shivered just a bit Perhaps mangoes are Ripening in the forest He thought and Loosened his body Just a little Swelled his nostrils Exhaling a long breath Like the earth’s length And sprawled flat! Theme Poetry and Translation-1 The New Year is with us. This time let’s take a detour to another important area in poetry. The poem quoted above is by the famous modernist poet, Kedarnath Singh, who died recently in March, 2018. He had been a Professor of Hindi at JNU, the wel...