There Used to be a Person…
A melancholic poem about ageing – by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. There used to be a person Behind that wrinkly skin A spark, in place of that baggy...
A Long Journey: Travel Travails of Jujube, Oreo & Marshmallow
Dr Roopali recounts the long journey of a homeless dog family, their trials, tribulations and triumph – exclusively for Different Truths. Animals and birds travel thousands of miles for...
Chai: Water in a Tea Kettle
A thought-provoking, inward-looking autobiographical poem by Sangita – exclusively for Different Truths. Water in the tea kettle Shimmers with bubbles An expectation of a rising tempo Weaving through swirls...
Irene: I Love Tagore and will do so Until Death
Ruchira talks to Irene Sarkar, a bio-scientist and a music exponent, about her life and times – exclusively for Different Truths. Irene Sarkar reminds you of the proverbial English...
He Believed. He Achieved
With hard work, grit and determination, a grief-stricken man believed and achieved. Shernaz profiles him in this verse – exclusively for Different Truths To the terrain that had battered...
Dedicated to all my Poet Friends
Poems are the life and blood of the poets. In this verse that Durgesh dedicates to all his poet friends, he reviews the many virtues of poems, in Different Truths....
Days and Nights in Forest with the Santhals
Soumya travels to a Santhal forest to peek into their lives, where reel and real intersect – exclusively for Different Truths. Aranyer din ratri… days and nights in the...
Musings
Poignant, melancholic poems by Vinita – exclusively for Different Truths. 1. Between Chaukhambha and Nanda Devi, grow the hardy stencils of a winter shrub – flowers drooping with frost...
Tackling Food Scarcity at the World Level
A recently published Oxfam International report stated that one person dies of hunger worldwide every four seconds. While wealth is in the hands of a few super-rich, the poor are...
Tooth Extraction
A witty body poem, by Meher, exclusively for Different Truths. My wisdom throbbed in the dentist’s trash-can while the anaesthetised gum waited for the pain to begin Alone I...