I Refuse
Amita flouts rules of grammar perhaps in the name of poetic justice. An exclusive for Different Truths. I skip the comma, Hop out of brackets, Refuse to full stop...
Reinventing Ourselves for Magical Recovery
An autobiographical poem, by Pankhuri, about exploitation, scheming, framing and lastly, hope. An exclusive for Different Truths. Pronounced an illegal immigrant Out of the blue In my own front...
Pothole Puja, Onion Warpath, Syrian Wildfire, & Props Kill
Shail reviews the news of the week in verse. Bengaluru witnessed a unique rangoli protest and a warning for the CM, in the US, after Covid, a Salmonella attack was...
Freedom
Poonam likens herself to rain, in this evocative poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Like a raindrop From the Heaven above I was born. Like a water droplet I...
Aroma of Student Life
Shwetha looks back at the student life and is filled with its aroma. A poem, exclusively for Different Truths. The memoirs that drench me to the ocean of thoughts, The...
Excellence has no Last Word…!
An inward-looking poem of hope, by Monika, exclusively for Different Truths. Often, after the anguish absolution arrives as the light. When pain afflicts, a moment arrives to pull us...
The Hunted Songbird
A poignant and evocative ballad about a songbird, by Soumya, is about the virtues and vice of nature. An allegory for Different Truths. The songbird trilled happily in the...
Celebrating Saawan in Songs
Dr. Swaraj celebrates the beauty of Sawaan, in his seminal article, exploring its nuances in Hindi film and non-film songs, other than cultural overtures. An exclusive for Different Truths....
Ruminations of an Eve
Mitali celebrates the beauty of a Chinese flower that bloomed in her garden, in China, many moons back. An exclusive for Different Truths. Long ago, when I had a...
The Gender-Neutral Game, Drug Storm in Bollywood, A Dog’s Life, & Fake Belief Brought to Justice
Laced with wit and humour, Shail looks at the recent news to cast these in verse, be it the world of cricket which is becoming progressively gender-neutral, drugs in...