A middle-aged couple in a SoBo coffee shop enjoys a unique love story, showcasing their tenderness and understanding through Dr Paramita’s poem in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths.

A middle-aged couple was sitting in a coffee shop.
An unknown coffee shop tucked away in a lane in SoBo.
The woman looked out at the lane through the glass façade.
Young couples were whispering sweet endearments to each other.
Standing under trees in the lane outside.
The weather was pleasant and dreamy.
A very special day of love was coming up soon.
The couple was sitting in companionable silence.
A Sunday afternoon languor was pervading them.
Unlike the young ones, they felt shy to whisper endearments to each other.
But they have always been with each other in ups and downs.
Two mugs of steaming hot cappuccino were served.
The woman gazed longingly at the love sign of the latte art.
She looked up and saw the man looking at her with loving eyes.

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick

Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick is a scientist, a globally loved, award-winning poet, editor and a literary curator. She has published 11 books and her poems have been translated into 41 world and Indian languages. Paramita promotes peace, multilingual, global and indigenous poetry. Her writings also make people aware about conservation and climate change. Apart from numerous awards from Indian organisations she has received the Gold Rose from Buenos Aires (MS Productions) and the Panorama Literature award in 2022 from Greece. She heads two forums in Mumbai.