Saranya Francis, Author at Different Truths

Saranya Francis

Saranya is a multilingual poet penning poems in English, Hindi and Tamil. She is a social activist, freelance life skills and language trainer. She has two anthologies of poems. Her poetry is featured in reputed anthologies. She is the recipient of the Bharat Award for Literature (2018), Rabindranath Tagore Award (2017), and National Chanting Bards Award (2017). She has recently been conferred the Star Ambassador of World Poetry award at The World Poetry Conference 2019.

May 15, 2025
Saranya Francis
Obituary, Tribute

Raj Babu’s Enduring Love: Micro Verse, Macro Life

With deep sorrow, we remember Raj Babu Gandham, “Baabaai” to Saranya, a poet, patriot, and optimist whose profound micro verses and warm presence left a lasting literary mark. A...

August 20, 2024
Saranya Francis
Poem

India’s Forgotten Voices: A Call for Social Justice

Saranya’s poem highlights India’s struggle with inequality, violence, and oppression for women, urging the nation to redefine freedom as inclusive and equitable for all, exclusively for Different Truths. Happy...

October 19, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

Is Man in Need of the Child!

Saranya wonders how much the need of the man for a child is, in this tongue-in-cheek poem, exclusively for Different Truths. How much man is need of the Childto...

October 17, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

You Need a Form to Pray?

Saranya questions the form of a deity to pray. Nature in its formless beauty beacons her, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. A novice — I’m told by...

October 7, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

Silence…

Saranya celebrates the strength and healing power of silence, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Earnest confessions and a helpless cryare measured in silence by the knowing eyeIn...

October 1, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

On Freedom

An evocative dialogue between mother and daughter, on freedom, in this woman-centric, social awareness poem, by Saranya. An exclusive for Different Truths. “What’s the antonym for freedom?”She asked looking...

September 28, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

How are They, the Remnants of Our Day of Parting?

An evocative and intense love poem, by Saranya, exclusively for Different Truths. How are they, the remnants of our day of parting?The creaky pillion space of your borrowed bike,The...

August 6, 2020
Saranya Francis
Poem

A Foundation of Irony

Saranya FrancisSaranya is a multilingual poet penning poems in English, Hindi and Tamil. She is a social activist, freelance life skills and language trainer. She has two anthologies of...

October 26, 2019
Saranya Francis
Poem

I Bleed

An intense, evocative poem, on gender issue, by Saranya, exclusively for Different Truths. Don’t you see how I could, if I choose to, put an end to this bloodshed...

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