Born in the breathtakingly beautiful vale of Kashmir, Monika had her schooling there. A postgraduate in Business Management, an academician by profession, she is an art history enthusiast, writes poetry, short stories and paints. An avid reader, mostly biographies and autobiographies. Giving wings to her imagination through beautiful colours and words, she sings and has a following on YouTube.
Here’s an evocative, soul-searching poem by Monika, in Different Truths. A strenuous path, the future seems. Even if we tread, it would be like aVoyage to nowhere, deprived of...
Saffron has a long history of medicinal and religious significance, and Zafran Kahwa is a testament to its allure, informs Monika – exclusively for Different Truths. Saffron is a...
An evocative love poem that serenades nature, by Monika, exclusively for Different Truths. When sprigs of a tree become swaying silhouettes, When lustre touches the mien of the graphite...
An evocative poem, by Monika, where the poet identifies with burning, exclusively for Different Truths. Fire…just an ordinary,loves to glister,and dance on herown tunes.No heedof what burns;no thoughtof her...
A verse, by Monika, weaving memories with the beauty of Nature, in evocative word-images, exclusively for Different Truths. My fingers, as I sat on the bench abut the crimp...
Poet-painter, Monika, celebrates the resplendent nature, in this poem, and a painting, exclusively for Different Truths. Give me the azure of the sky and I shall have coherence. In...
Coffee Art is unusual and unique. Monika picks brain of a Coffee artist, Hima Bindu, in this interview. An exclusive for Different Truths. It won’t just be a notion...
An inward-looking poem of hope, by Monika, exclusively for Different Truths. Often, after the anguish absolution arrives as the light. When pain afflicts, a moment arrives to pull us...
Dance at Bougival remains the most popular and idyllic amongst the three popular dance paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It inspired many artists. Monika, an art historian, tells us about...
Monika profiles a renowned Kashmiri artist, Bansi Parimu. His paintings extend from Surrealism to Realist style, from Figurative to Abstract and from Expressionism to Impressionism. An exclusive for Different...
Kindly Note: Articles can only be reproduced in other sites with due permission and acknowledgement to Different Truths. You cannot republish digitally or in print without acknowledgement. Authors & poets are also needed to heed to it. They too must seek permission to reproduce it elsewhere. They must help us protect their works from being copied and/or plagiarised.