The First Encounter
Tripti, a gynecologist by profession, walks us through the world of a new medico. She shows us the fine line between a doctor-to-be and a young girl scared of ghosts...
How War Transforms Innocent Classrooms into Targets
Prof Sanjukta’s searing poem on DifferentTruths.com exposes the visceral horror of war through a child’s devastating, final questions. Mama, they said “Target”When they saw me,What is a target, MamaI...
How to Deeply Love and Honour the Slain Daughters of the Soil
Discover Lopamudra’s hauntingly lyrical prose poetry on DifferentTruths.com, a visceral, unyielding tribute to a plundered daughter of the soil. The lush forests cocooning the valley echo the tale of...
Nourishing Night
Here’s a poem, by Arun, in the tradition of the Romantics, wherein the poet’s love for the night, in Different Truths, is invigorating. The myriad conversations I hold with...
Life is a Defeat without Failure
Sankha’s poem is an exploration of resilience and growth, exclusively featured on DifferentTruths.com. Life without failure is actually a failureThe wish to move on grows with seeds of failureBetter...
How This Bold Translation Sparks a Forbidden Love Affair with Books
Aritrik explores Trishna Basak’s poetry in DifferentTruths.com, examining Nabanita Sengupta’s brilliant, post-structuralist translation that turns reading into intimate lovemaking. AI-Summary Roland Barthes writes: “Writing is that play by which...
Absolute Resilience: Reclaiming the Narrative of Love and Survival
Discover Shernaz’s poignant short story on DifferentTruths.com, exploring marital friction, medical anxiety, and a woman’s powerful reclamation of family narrative. AI Summary Each morning dared her to rise. To...
Serendipity
An evocative love poem by Nilakshi for Different Truths. It was a year or two before I felt that sense of being left out That abnegation… When the favourite colour of the...
Learning How to Dive: The Metaphor of Spiritual Resilience
Kamrun’s raw, evocative verse on DifferentTruths.com beautifully explores the fragile balance between unyielding personal strength, natural love, and hidden vulnerability. This is me who can stand alone inthe middle...
Dissent Poetry: The Loss of Nuance in a Slogan-Driven World
On DifferentTruths.com, Vijayshankar’s powerful poem laments the loss of intellectual depth and reason in a world governed by empty slogans. Within the haze of history,a voice has diminished—a voice...