The Inward Eye
Here’s a pensive, inward looking poem, wherein, the poet, Urooj, talks with her heart and soul. An evocative prose poem for Different Truths. Write with a heart that’s pure… write...
Meerut: Life in the Second Largest Cantonment Replete with History and Camaraderie
Meerut was the place where the first rumblings of rebellion against the British started in 1857. Soldiers of the Bengal Cavalry were given cartridges that were covered with paper, smeared with...
The Right Approach to Life
Here’s an inward looking poem, where Anoucheka tries to search the meaning of life. Pray, if life is meant to be as it is Why should we fight it?...
Diwali Special Issue of Different Truths
We, at Different Truths (DT), shall publish a Diwali Special on Oct 30, this year. We apologise for the late announcement. Caught up with several administrative works, we overlooked...
Akashganga: Do You Have it in You? – IV
Freefall had moved on from the ungainly and rather rigid spread-eagle position to “stable frog position” and onto body-acrobatics in the air. Skydivers were not so often to be...
Made in China: Are we Funding a Brutal Regime by buying Chinese Products?
One of the most important elements used to power the mobile phones – Lithium is found in abundance in a region, which China claims its own – Tibet! Post illegal...
Dreams
An intense and poignant verse that laments the urbanisation. Songbirds are the romanticism, hope and light of our lives, feels Geethanjali. The afternoon fritters down in its crusty bronze brunch...
Five Asanas for Perfect Mind and Body Balance
Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us about five sitting and twisting poses to tone your belly, fix your digestion and relieve you of some lower back tension. Bharadwaj Asana, named...
Rani: A Lonesome Cobbler Woman of Chennai, Forsaken and Forlorn!
Twenty years ago, 60-year- old Rani Perumal, a native of Chennai was thrown out, mercilessly, on the road, by her daughter. She did not want her mother in her life...
Poor Iron Will
In this verse, Elsy takes an example of a little speck of iron that could not escape the attraction of a Big Magnet. Here’s an evocative love poem, in Different...