Indian poets

South Asian bards

Indian poets are poets from India or of Indian descent.

The term encompasses writers across India's many languages—Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu, and others—as well as those writing in English.

Tagore and Kalidasa rank among the most celebrated Indian poets.

The phrase sometimes appears in discussions of postcolonial literature or South Asian diaspora writing.

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