Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur is a poet, travel writer, and social justice activist. A former professor of English Literature at Delhi University, and a creative writing professor at IGNOU, she is a widely published academic and creative writer. Her book Twice Colonised: Women in African Literature, is a seminal text on women’s socio-political empowerment. In 2020-21, she co-edited two poetry anthologies – In All the Spaces: Diverse Voices in Global Women’s Poetry, and Earth Fire Water Wind.
Dr. Roopali shares the wows and woes of flying in an airplane. An exclusive for Different Truths. “Are you travelling business class?” “No?” “But you must! How will you...
Dr Roopali’s hilarious meditation mishaps on DifferentTruths.com reveal how modern distractions melt into Himalayan calm amid jalebis and Shiva’s gaze. Have you ever tried meditating? I did.It will remove...
Dr Roopali’s dwells on a fierce, radiant woman who owned her desires, music, and dreams—now a fleeting reflection lost in the quiet dust of twilight, for Different Truths. The...
Roopali’s poem on monsoons transforms the parched earth, birthing lush greenery as rain-soaked clouds revive rivers, fields, and souls in vibrant renewal, for Different Truths. They come all the...
Dr Roopali takes us on a tour of Russia of the 1980s. She talks about Military Academy, Indo-Soviet friendship, Bollywood films, and more. An exclusive for Different Truths. The...
Dr Roopali’s poem, exclusively for Different Truths, explores a deceptive silence, concealing a suppressed cacophony of choked voices and silenced truths threatening a violent eruption. This is a silence...
Dr Roopali’s poem explores loneliness, isolation, and the transient nature of existence and contrasts it with a tree’s yearning, exclusively for Different Truths. I have never felt so lonely...
An evocative poem, by Dr Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths, is about a child’s love for Saraswati, the Goddess of Learning, awakens creativity and hope. Oh, Goddess of Learningstilled...
Dr Roopali’s poem encourages us to embrace spring’s magic, witness nature’s rebirth, and rediscover the beauty of the season in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. It’s time...
Dr. Roopali’s poem suggests dinosaurs evolved into birds to escape pollution, leaving haunting bones, exclusively for Different Truths. They say dinosaurs may be Roaming on some other planet. I...