Kabuliwala of the Eden Gardens
As an homage to Tagore, Atrayee writes a modern version of Kabuliwala. This Mini’s world is that of crayons, TV, Cricket matches, and more. But, the echoes of...
Dedicated to all my Poet Friends
Poems are the life and blood of the poets. In this verse that Durgesh dedicates to all his poet friends, he reviews the many virtues of poems, in Different Truths....
Mother’s Courage
Here’s Francesco’s poignant poem about a thousand battles, losses and a welcome of the soldiers, encapsulated in mother’s courage – exclusively for Different Truths. Evening falls in the fields...
Ode to Devi Durga
Which Durga we should worship, asks a little girl. Sutapa pays tribute to the mortal Durga and the Goddess, in this verse, in Different Truths. ‘Durga Puja?’ My little...
The Orchids
The beautiful patch of Orchids, in the neighbourhood of Neeta’s Hyderabad home, was mysterious. Rich women were vanishing. Here’s a short story by Tapati, that unfolds the mystery, exclusively in...
Muslim Women Must Reclaim Slowly-Slipping-Away Spaces in India
Muslim women have stepped out from faceless obscurity came together to protest for their rights, opined Farheen. An exclusive for Different Truths. The Muslim women rose from the ashes...
…And Two Women Suffered
She was a slim, tall, elegant woman, too pretty to be a cook in our house, but as she was not very young, my mother kept her immediately. She...
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,...
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...
chains, choices, chances, change … considering Women’s Day
A newborn does not care about the mother’s credentials, caste, class, culture, creed or colour — only that the mother’s arms are strong, her hands supportive and gentle, that there is...