Reviews - Different Truths

January 28, 2022
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Poem

Rajorshi Patranabis’ English Ghazals with Sensory Ecstasies

Gopal reviews, A Collection of Ghazals in English, by Rajorshi Patranabis, exclusively for Different Truths. Poetry, especially ghazal, is indeed the language of the soul, sweet and joyful, sometimes sad,...

January 26, 2022
Mamta Joshi
Book Review

Smita Declares Independence Against Internalised Misogyny of Women

Mamta reviews, ‘Speak, Woman!’, a collection of 38 pro-women poems, by Smita Agarwal, exclusively for Different Truths. ‘Speak, Woman!’ by Smita Agarwal, is a collection of 38 uncompromisingly pro-women...

January 22, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Fiction

Why Sunil Sharma’s Book Deals with Migrants, Broken Hearts & More?

Santosh Bakaya reviews the book, Burn the Library and other Fictions, by Sunil Sharma. His sensitive pen deftly writes about migrants, the underprivileged, existential angst, broken hearts, double standards, unending...

January 22, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Book Review, Fiction, Poem

Sunayana is Volatile, Subversive & Serene in her Works

Lopamudra Bannerjee reviews, Sunny Side Up, a collection of poems and stories in English,by Sunayana Kachroo Bhide. An exclusive for Different Truths. “When the Kangris and Pherans make a comeback and the steam from...

January 21, 2022
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand
Book Review, Poem

Lucid Intimations of Fair and Flawed

Dr. Jernail reviews Dr. Lalit Mohan Sharma’s poetry book, Parables Fair and Flawed, exclusively for Different Truths. The greatest issue before a work of art is ‘for whom’ and...

January 17, 2022
Nilofar Yasmin
Book Review, Guest Blog

An Unborn Desire: A Short Story Collection with Unpredictable Twists

Nilofar reviews Ananya Mukherjee’s short story collection, published by Rupa, for Different Truths. My Rating- 4/5 “Whenever I hear chronicles of love, they all begin with hesitation, then they...

January 15, 2022
Sneha Prakash Thakur
Book Review

Looking Back: Top 15 Books of 2021

Sneha picks her top 15 books, from the 200 books she read in 2021. She looks back with a paroxysm of emotions, talking about her select list of books....

December 11, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Book Review, Poem

Poet-Activist Sarita Sharpens the Inequities of Gender Relations

Dr. Roopali reviews Days V, a poetry collection by Sarita Sharma, a feminist poet. An exclusive for Different Truths. Days V: Sarita Sharma Published by: Partridge 2021 The...

December 4, 2021
Megha Sood
Book Review, Poem

Poems on Feminism, Immigration, Discrimination & Violence Against Women

Megha reviews Anita Nahal’s What’s Wrong with us Kali Women. An exclusive for Different Truths. This riveting collection of seventy prose poems exposes the artful mastery of lyrical intensity seeded...

November 29, 2021
Lopamudra Banerjee
Cinema, Criticism, Novel

Wuthering Heights: A Journey from the Novel to the Movie

Lopamudra revisits Emily Bronte’s novel, Wuthering Heights, and its various film adaptations. She likes the 1992 version of the movie. A critique, exclusively for Different Truths. A Gothic tale...

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