February 9, 2026

Literature

August 16, 2021
Nalini Priyadarshni
Book Review, Poem

Protest Poetry: Celebrating Defiance and Hope in Women

Nilini reviews an anthology of poems, Still We Sing, edited by Sarita Jenamani. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: Still We Sing Edited by: Sarita Jenamani Genre: Poetry Pages:...

August 16, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

My Tryst with the Spry Squirrel

An evocative poem about a squirrel, with reference in the Ramayana, exclusively for Different Truths I watched the spry squirrel scamper away hearing my footfall, its ear turned to...

August 13, 2021
Rajashree Mohapatra
Poem

Because You Are There …

An evocative love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. Here you are like warm blood coursing through my veins, my umpteen body a river in spate that flows...

August 12, 2021
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Volcanoes: A Dormant Scream of the Oppressed

A social commentary and a powerful protest poem, by Shernaz, exclusively for Different Truths. there is this scream dormant, suppressed in the collective psyche of the oppressed ...

August 11, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Criticism, Gender, LGBTQIA+

A Hijra Exposes Society’s Underbelly in her Novel

Shormita examines the life and times of a hijra. Here’s a critique of the first transgender novel, The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story. An exclusive for Different...

August 11, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Philomela: Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow

A women-centric protest poem, by Dr. Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. If you cut off a woman’s tongue like they did the other day in that dusty dirty town...

August 10, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

A Magical Medicinal Aloe Vera

Sarala identifies with the medicinal plan, Aloe Vera, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. I have thorns on all my juicy thick leaves Try not to come near...

August 9, 2021
Parvathy Ramachandran
Poem

Charismatic Charisma: I was Called Beautiful…

An enigmatic sensual poem, by Parvathy, exclusively for Different Truths. I was called beautiful until my 40s’ and they said, my eyes saliently showcased all my charisma, when I...

August 6, 2021
Mitali Chakravarty
Poem

Peace

On August 6, 1945, the first atomic bomb, ‘Little Boy’ was dropped on Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki was battered by another bomb. The devastation continues. Mitali’s peace poem...

August 5, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Cover Story, History & Culture, Literature, Multiculturalism, People, Place

Migration: Relocation, Journey of the Self, Shifting Identities

Nothing and nowhere women found it easy after changing, redefining and adding an identity. The departure from the origin has been a journey of the self, elucidates Dr. Deepanita....

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