Beggar Archives - Different Truths

May 30, 2025
Kushal Poddar
Poem

How to Look Through the Eyes of a Beggar

Kushal’s poem explores empathy and societal disparity through the perspective of a marginalised veteran beggar in a wintery scene, exclusively for Different Truths. How do I look through the...

November 16, 2023
Santosh Bakaya
Poem

She

Santosh talks about the many shades and hues of a woman. Ah she comes, she comes, a song she hums Rising above the cacophony of war drums How she...

October 1, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction, Humor, Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

A Slice of Divine Life: Live from Kailash

Here’s Tapati’s fictional Durga-Shiva dialogues, full of banter, repartee, wit, and humour, create a laughter riot, an exclusive Special Feature for Different Truths. “Shiva seems too busy these days!...

March 12, 2022
Different Truths Poets
Poem, Special Feature

An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood

We are pleased to present An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood, as part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Theme that we, in Different Truths are featuring, spread over three days,...

March 11, 2022
Different Truths Poets
Gender, Poem, Special Feature

Still I Rise: IWD 2018, Anthology of Poems

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day (IWD) 2018, Different Truths Poets present an anthology of poems, celebrating the woman, in paroxysms of emotions, enigmatic and multilayered, like...

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

June 20, 2018
Hemashri Hazarika
Governance, Obituary

Love is Not Love Till you give it Away!

Hemashri pays tribute to a former IAS officer, who was also a pro bono lawyer. His immense love and compassion for others set him apart. In him, she found...

January 18, 2018
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Krishna and the Art of Unconditional Service – LVIII

Nilanjana retells a tale of seva (unconditional service) that Krishna narrated, from the Bhagavatam. He cites the examples of a tree and wives of wise men. Read more in...

March 26, 2017
Tapan Mozumdar
Short Story

What the Fish!

A fisherman, Gokul, catches a fish that can speak. The fish warps his reality. We are introducing a weekly new column, from this Sunday, Fantasy Fiction, by Bangalore-based Tapan,...

April 30, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Human Rights, Short Story

The Actress

Madhumita pens a story, based on a real life incident. Babies are rented out, daily, to beggars. Read what happens to one such baby. Here’s a heart-wrenching story on May Day....

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