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February 24, 2022
Smita Agarwal
Poem

Grandmothers

In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem. Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...

February 23, 2022
Anumita Roy
Poem

May Light Precede Footsteps

Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...

February 22, 2022
Rachna Thakurdas
Humor

Chennai Express

Humour writer Rachna writes about the comical derailments on a frequent train route she takes. These days, I take the train from Bangalore to Chennai. I have stopped taking...

February 22, 2022
Farheen Viquas
Poem

Six Girls and a Regime

A protest poem, by Farheen, that addresses the freedom to wear hijab and how six girls stood for their rights, exclusively for Different Truths. We sat in the class...

February 21, 2022
Devika Raghave
Potpourri

The Secrets of Fingernails

Here’s a tongue-in-cheek look at fingernails and the secrets they reveal by Devika. Overload of thoughts and thinking leaves me baffled. That, in turn, boomerangs at the end of the...

February 21, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Poem

Speed bumps

Soumya talks about the many speed bumps of life’s journey, in this poem, tongue-in-cheek, exclusively for Different Truths. I was cruising along life’s fast lane Whizzing by in Speed...

February 19, 2022
Deepti Menon
Book Review, Poem

Unkahi: The Unsung – Anthology of Poems from the Armed Forces

Deepti reviews, Unkahi: The Unsung – Anthology of Poems, edited by Dr. Pragya Bajpai. An exclusive for Different Truths. The 73rd Republic Day has just gone by, allied with 75...

February 19, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Poem

Half of Her Lovers are Half the World Away

A bold feminist poem, by Prof Nandini, where she lets her hair down, exclusively for Different Truths. Men who loved their wives and those who did not all fell...

February 18, 2022
Aruna Chidambi
Cover Story, People, Place, Travel & Food

Nagroli Calling: A House on a Hill and a Soldier

Aruna takes us to a quaint Garhwali village, Nagroli, where she and her friends, accompanied by a highly decorated soldier, visit a house on a little hill. Find out...

February 18, 2022
Kamrun Nahar
Poem

Kamrun unravels the complexities of love, its ephemeralness, changes, pulls, pressures; an unsolved enigma, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. Nothing is really granted forever. Love, money, fame...