• July 9, 2022
  • Smita Agarwal

At Fifty Three

Here’s a powerful poem by Smita, a personal prayer in defiance. Dear God, Idol of stone, Shaped like a phallus. And then, more often than not,      ...
  • July 8, 2022
  • Sehar Siddiqi

Unfinished Love

Here’s a poignant poem from Sehar. The metaphors of the tree and mountains are powerful. Tonight, as I sit down to write a few verses, The ink in the...
  • July 7, 2022
  • Rituparna Khan

Tua Anset

A volley of torrential rain... You swept all the blossoms from my rose garden. Dismay fumed my tears to flames. Flames of dedication flickered my candle. Fallen roses were...

Every Heart

Sarala tells about the need for love and care for every person. A social awareness poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Every heart needs to be consoled. Sometime or other...
  • July 5, 2022
  • Seema Ahira

I am Home

Seema rues about the unmarked graves of the First Nation’s children taken away from their mother’s laps. The Catholic church abused them. Here’s a poem exclusively for Different Truths A...

Kobir Bouthan: The Bard’s Sister-in-Law – II

Here’s the second and concluding part of Lopamudra’s translation of Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. The people...
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