Tolling Time
An intense poem by Sumita about her father, in Different Truths. He was the most handsome Once upon a time. Broad shoulders, carved biceps; A high diving gymnast Twirling...
Lionhearted Raj Ahlawat
Maj Gen Raj gives us a feel of the Army life and pays tribute to his friend, philosopher, and guide, Lionhearted Raj Ahlawat, exclusively in Different Truths. What can...
Bhaswati Bhattacharya: Coffee House became the Nerve Centre of Adda, Politics, Literary and Cultural Discourse
Bhaswati’s intensive and meticulous six-year-long research on Indian Coffee Houses in Kolkata, Allahabad, and New Delhi, has fructified in the form of a book, Much Ado Over Coffee. Here’s...
An Eerie Beauty in the Poems of Wani Nazir
Because beauty at its purest is fierce, powerful and terrible captivates the reader. Wani Nazir’s poems have that eerie beauty in them, says Samrudhi, reviewing his book of poems,...
The Tadpoles Did Not See
Here’s a poem by Sumita that celebrates nature, the playful innocence of girls, memory, and identity, in Different Truths. The surface rippled, Three pairs of feet plopped in And...
Humming Grief
An intense poem that transcends from the pain of grief to a sense of grief, by Elsy, in Different Truths. She hummed with pride a stately grief hemmed into...
Out of the Mouths of Babes and Infants
Our humourist, Soumya, shares hilarious moments with his baby daughter, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. There was a popular American Television programme where a celebrity host...
Her Flight
In this poignant verse, Sumita likens the life of a woman to that of a kite, in Different Truths. Her dreams soared high like a kite in full flight,...
The Fire Within
Lata reports about a book launch of Neelam Saxena Chanda and picks the mind of the able poet-writer, exclusively in Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra, a bureaucrat, a thinker,...
Churned in the Soul
An intense, inward looking poem by Elsy, in Different Truths. The ache that burnt into conscience grew into a blaze. It was doused, but then the soul went...