A Juvenile Love Letter
Prof. Nandini talks of a love affair between a much elderly teacher and a teenage girl. What happened? Did their love fructify. An exclusive for Different Truths. It’s my...
Unscreened Folds
An evocative love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. If it were a paper boat ... Might not be destined to flow If it were cursed ... Might...
The Wingspan Of Sorrow
A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous. If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...
Grandmothers
In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem. Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...
May Light Precede Footsteps
Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...
Chennai Express
Humour writer Rachna writes about the comical derailments on a frequent train route she takes. These days, I take the train from Bangalore to Chennai. I have stopped taking...
Six Girls and a Regime
A protest poem, by Farheen, that addresses the freedom to wear hijab and how six girls stood for their rights, exclusively for Different Truths. We sat in the class...
Speed bumps
Soumya talks about the many speed bumps of life’s journey, in this poem, tongue-in-cheek, exclusively for Different Truths. I was cruising along life’s fast lane Whizzing by in Speed...
Unkahi: The Unsung – Anthology of Poems from the Armed Forces
Deepti reviews, Unkahi: The Unsung – Anthology of Poems, edited by Dr. Pragya Bajpai. An exclusive for Different Truths. The 73rd Republic Day has just gone by, allied with 75...
Half of Her Lovers are Half the World Away
A bold feminist poem, by Prof Nandini, where she lets her hair down, exclusively for Different Truths. Men who loved their wives and those who did not all fell...