Three Glasses of Wine
A plush villa, a luxurious life and hidden beneath it a life that’s futile. Harshali weaves an intense story of a woman who is trapped in her pain. But...
Potent Garden Tales
A woman-centric poem by Mitali, wherein she talks of women from Indian and Western mythologies. A Special Feature for International Women’s Day. Each garden weaves a new story. The...
Mishti Mashi and the Perfect Match!
Dr. Priyamita tells us about the search for a prospective groom, a perfect match for Taniya. Replete with sparkling wit and humour, she tells us about it. Find out...
A Caged Bird / Colour
Here are two poems by Simran. She feels the agonising pain of a bird held captive in a cage and the sweet pain of love. A Caged Bird A caged...
War and Peace: Russia and Ukraine
1. The month of Valentine, That has in war ended, Let’s pray today, Those broken homes, And broken hearts, Of all innocent victims With time will heal, And soon...
A City’s Penance
Here’s a social commentary in verse by Mamta. An undying treeOn the banks of rivers threeTwo polluted, one mythicalA C'ezanne brown medieval fortMysterious shadowsetched under its arches and columnsSilently...
Why My Father Swam?
Joyce tells us about a father-daughter relationship in this poem. An exclusive for Different Truths. impossible to solvethe riddle of why his mothergave him to the nunstheir faded eyebrowspinched...
When the Words Committed Harakiri
Santosh, in her humourous poem, tells us how words handle a writer. “They misuse us, abuse us Malappropriate us,” said words of every hue Confabulating in a word-conference Quivering...
The ‘Bling Rings’ + One!
Christine walks down the memory lane and tells us the tale of bling rings, a dazzling diamond ring, and a lovely pearl ring – two rings with two amazing...
Nature Poet
An evocative poem, by Rituparna, celebrating the Nature poet, exclusively for Different Truths. These dig out bit by bit from the earthy ground, upturn one part of soil and...