carnage Archives - Different Truths

September 29, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

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,...

May 14, 2021
Krish Raghuram
Pandemic, Poem

The Mahabharata of Misstep

The surge of the second wave of the pandemic has been likened to the Mahabharata of a misstep, in this poem, by Krish, exclusively for Different Truths. In India,...

February 7, 2018
Nandita Samanta
Poem

Remains of Love

An enigmatic poem about love and its loss by Nandita, for Different Truths. We have reached into the depths of a void plucked from the carnage of vestiges of...

November 12, 2017
Arindam Roy
Book Review, Criticism

Love Bloomed Amongst Hatred, Revenge Violence and Deaths of the 1984-Carnage in When a Mighty Tree Falls by Amrinder Bajaj

Despite the deep hurt, Amrinder Bajaj’s novel, When a Mighty Tree Falls, remained objective. In the novel, she described how some Hindus, risking their lives and limbs, saved their...

June 22, 2017
Tribhawan Kaul
Poem

The Lament of Nature

A poignant verse about the lament of nature by Tribhawan. Here’s a protest poem, in Different Truths Mother assimilates cloud’s offerings The womb delivers nature’s bounty Hope rejoices...

March 28, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour

My First Punju Wedding as an Invited Guest

Humourist Soumya tells us about the boisterous and exuberant Punjabi (slang: Punju) wedding as an invited guest. The Big Fat Punjabi Wedding is a place to be. Here’s more...