O Poetry, I Waited for you
Kamrun writes a poem about poetry and what it means to her. An exclusive for Different Truths. O poetry I waited for you for a long, long time… I...
Stories Travel: Migrating from the Page, Stage to Screen
Migration is not restricted to people. A story migrates from a page to a stage to a screen. Ideas travel. The attempt is to redefine a common path, opines...
Forgetting
An evocative inward-looking poem, of despair and hope, by Amita, exclusively for Different Truths. I seemed to forget the sound of my voice I read aloud just to hear...
Straight From the Heart: Wee Poems
Dr Sutanuka reviews Bleb, a collection of wee poems, by Sanjeev Sethi. An exclusive for Different Truths. Title: Bleb Author: Sanjeev Sethi Page: 37 Sanjeev Sethi’s...
How Blessed is this Last Hour!
An evocative and enigmatic love poem, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. I have made this earth of your words my home, not keen to ascend to your heaven...
Our Sand Castles Feeble & Strong
An enigmatic poem, by Sarala, about love, its loss and regain, exclusively for Different Truths. Remember our childhood days When we ran to the seashore To make sandcastles Sometimes...
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:...
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...
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...
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 ...