Bliss Archives - Different Truths

March 24, 2025
Tirtho Banerjee
Poem

Finding Momentary Bliss: The Oasis in a Grain of Sand

Tirtho’s poem, a beach encounter with Time, reveals its relentless pace. Witnessing infinity in waves, a single sand grain holds an ephemeral oasis, exclusively for Different Truths. Time ran...

May 11, 2021
Different Truths Poets
Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Tribute to Tagore: An eAnthology of Poems

Thirteen poets with as many poems, from three countries, pay their homages to Tagore, in verse, as Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. #1. twenty-eight line ©Michele Baron The...

April 6, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

This Sublime Spot

Sarala sings the glory of God and His creation, exclusively for Different Truths. This is the most marvellous creation of God This is the sublime spot For nirvana Where...

December 19, 2020
Rekha Nambiar
Poem

The Ultimate Journey

An inward-looking poem, by Rekha, that thanks the Lord for the journey of life, exclusively for Different Truths. The happiness and bliss Of being in this beautiful world With...

January 30, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

A Nude Interlude!

Soumya, our humourist, recounts a real-life story, an incident from the life of his maternal great-grandfather, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. This is a story of...

October 9, 2017
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Samatha: A Buddhist form of Meditation Focuses on a Prayer or an Object for Tranquility

Samatha can be translated as ‘concentration’ or ‘tranquility’. It is a state of mind in which it is brought to rest. Most systems of meditation lay emphasis upon the...

September 23, 2017
Sufia Khatoon
Criticism, Interview, Poem

There and Back Again: A Poetic Journey Breaking Boundaries

Sufia interviewed Vaijayantee Bhattacharya during the recent launch of her book of poems, Mosaic Vision, exclusively in Different Truths. Hometown, birthplace, motherland/ fatherland; these words hold special significance in...

September 17, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Human Rights, Politics, Terror Attack

A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees

This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...

July 4, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

The Liquid Path

Humourist Soumya talks about coming of age and an initiation in drinking, in his style, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. I feel that the idyllic memories...

June 3, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Opinion

The Choice to Eat: Restrict it to Your Platter, no Blood Splatter Please!

In the wake of the Kerala Beef Fest row in early May, Mahima, an animal lover, urges us to restrict the food on our platter and avoid blood splatter,...

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