Bangalore-based poetess Anjum Hasan shakes a can of pulses mid-way through her recital at the performance poetry by John Hegley and Anjum Hasan at The British Council, KG Marg, New Delhi. [Getty Images]

INDIA - FEBRUARY 22: Bangalore-based poetess Anjum Hasan shakes a can of pulses mid-way through her recital at the performance poetry by John Hegley and Anjum Hasan at The British Council, KG Marg, New Delhi. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/The The India Today Group via Getty Images)