Amidst growing up, we often get wound up in the intricacies of life and we miss our child-like vigour and wonder. This episode features a poem by Mina Lucania, a Brazilian writer residing in the Netherlands who found an escape during the pandemic by writing poetry. The poem is inspired by the song 'When I grow up' from Matilda The Musical. Also, listen to people sharing their 'when I grow up' thoughts!

Contribution: Aryaman, Lauren Early, Sameer Hussain, Rivika Khanna, Anagh Bisht

For the month of May, we will be delving into the nostalgia of our growing up years. With poetry surrounding the theme of childhood. On this special occasion of Mother's Day,  this episode features a poem by Nandini Dhar, titled 'Art Lesson' and a few sweet anecdotes from childhood.

People who have contributed: Sakina Vidyarthi, Harshita Sethia, Yashoyini Sen

This episode features the poetry of Ankita Apurva, a Bahujan feminist writer based in Jharkhand followed by a conversation with her wherein she shares regarding her socio-political identity and how her writing expresses her diverse experiences.

This April, observed as Dalit History Month, we will be featuring the works of Dalit poets across India whose poems vocalize the lives of people from the community.

In this episode, Chandramohan Sathyanathan, a poet based in Trivandrum, Kerala recites his poem titled, 'A Local Train Conversation', and Pravin Singh shares his experience at workplaces dictated by his caste identity.

This episode features the poem titled, 'A Woman's Place' by Denice Frohman. The poem appears in 'Women Of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism', a poetry collection edited by Iris Mahan and Danielle Barnhart. The episode concludes with personal interpretations of the poem as a woman shared by our listeners.

People who contributed: Shreya Ramachandran, Himadri Verma

In a deep-seated patriarchal society like ours, women are often deemed as the "givers" or "nurturers". Stereotyping has diminished the identity of a woman to a mere role. 

On World Poetry Day 2022, in this episode, we have a provoking poem titled 'Hunger' by Trivarna Hariharan. The poem has been published in After The Pause, an experimental online journal and anthologized in the Yearbook of Indian Poetry 2021. The episode includes a discussion with Trivarna about her ideas behind writing the poem.

Hosted by : Shreya Muley

Women who have lived, loved, and lost have seen it all. This episode features an empowering anthem for womanhood, a poem titled, 'Song For Catabolic Women' by Arundhathi Subramaniam. The poem is from her 2019 poetry collection, 'Love Without A Story', published by Context, an imprint of Westland Books. 

Hosted by: Shreya Muley

From being told how to sit, what to wear, where to go and how much skin to show, the bodies of women have been endlessly subjected to surveillance and judgment in our society.

For the month of March, the theme for Poetry on Record is Womanhood. This episode features Kalpana Komal's poem titled 'Bodies of Women' and a conversation with her about the issue of policing women's bodies.