Fleeing from Fears?
An evocative poem by Lily. She talks of fears here. Fears perched like petrified flies on a jaggery heap Fears like the whirlpool In a muddy monsoon puddle Choking...
Why is Friday the 13th Feared?
If a month begins with a Sunday, it will have Friday the 13th that month. This year, it occurs just once. Let us examine the genesis of this deep...
The Poetry Leprechaun
Here’s Inca Write’s short story for Different Truths. I met Kevin one evening when darkness pulled a blind over the dusty window panes of the male ward. I did not...
Broken
A heart-wrenching poem by Maya. There’s fire in the chulha Daal simmers thereupon She watches it intent Lost somewhere… Screams all of a sudden as if pulled out of...
Little Island
Ritamvara aka the mountain girl, writes from a darling’s heart, Darjeeling (India). In her intense and sensuous piece, a reflective prose-poem, she yearns union with the Himalayas. She writes for the...
Lenin, my Friend: Empowering the Marginal, Restoring Dignity
Arindam profiles the life and times of the human rights activist, Lenin Raghuvanshi, who has been working tirelessly to empower and emancipate the lowest of the low among Dalits, the Musahars...
Pushpa
Here’s a short story by Maya for Different Truths. She looked substantially fine but for the over-ripened complexion and a little rowdiness in all her movements that perhaps she got...
The Dicey World of Showbiz
Mamta showcases the razzamatazz and the sleaze of the showbiz. Lights! Camera! Action! An opulent set in a suburban film studio A flurry of commotion Nervous raw energy Junior...
Karamveer Chakra Award Nominee Sujata Parashar Champions Change
Young achiever Sujata Parashar (SP) has been recently nominated for the prestigious REX Karamveer Global Fellowship and the Karamveer Chakra Award instituted by iCongo in association with the UN. Anumita (ACR)...
Vaginas don’t have Homes/Dream of Apples
Two sisters, Dishani Roy and Ritamvara Bhattacharya, compose poems in sync. Here’s a jugalbandi of two intense poets and their poetry of protest. A Different Truths exclusive. Vaginas don’t have...