The Tale of a Snake
Swaraj tells us about an encounter with a snake, laced with wit and humour. An exclusive for Different Truths. A tryst with a snake cannot but be a memorable...
Serenity
A poignant poem about nature, by Sangeeta, exclusively for Different Truths. Watch the cruising ducks in the brimming Lake Ontario The serenity, they exude, is stunning Like an epitome...
Wet Warrior Woman on the Run
Pragya describes the life in a day at Elgin Road, Kolkata. An exclusive for Different Truths. As I step on the footpath, the chill in the air embraces welcoming....
Up-Close Encounter, Fundamental Breach, Russian Blogger & Bumrah Love Gumrah
This week Shail rhymes four news stories: Shakira, the Grammy award winner’s encounter with wild boars, insurance claim breach verdict by the Supreme Court, a crazy Russian blogger and...
Ganga of the Seven Seas
An evocative poem by Niharika, about travelling across seven seas to a distant land, and Ganga, exclusively for Different Truths. The seven seas that carried me and brought me here are getting...
A Palace in the Desert
Dr. Roopali walks down the memory lane and recollects life of an army brat in a desert. A book extract exclusively for Different Truths. One day, after six months...
Dislocation
An evocative poem by Poonam, where physical pain transcends into the agonising pain of a refugee, exclusively for Different Truths. During childhood, On one of the vacations To my...
A Trip Along the Holy Ganges
Ruchira takes us on a tour of Haridwar-Rishikesh-Lakshmanjhula along the Holy Ganges. An exclusive for Different Truths. Until a few decades earlier the Haridwar-Rishikesh-Lakshmanjhula circuit was a must-do for...
To ‘Feel’ my Words is to Know Me
Here’s an autobiographical prose poem, by Christine, exclusively for Different Truths. Did that thought linger in the wondrous imagination of that storyteller extraordinaire, Hans Christian Andersen? I think so. ...
Carnage
A dark poem about sinister childhood memories, by Gopal, exclusively for Different Truths Today I summon all those sinister, childhood shadows inside my dark room, my long memory laboratories,...