Despair Archives - Different Truths

October 8, 2025
Sayantani Mukhopadhyay
Ecology, Gender, Religion

Silent Drums: Durga Puja Ends, But Kolkata’s Heart Still Bleeds

Looking back, Sayantani reminds us that Durga Puja’s end unveils Kolkata’s hidden truths—between devotion, despair, and ecological guilt, the lessons we still ignore, exclusively for Different Truths. The dhaak (large war...

April 28, 2025
Mukul Kumar
Poem

Unmasking the Silent Thief: The Devastating Impact of Lost Love

A poignant allegory of environmental degradation, Mukul’s poem uses the sentinel and depleting “milk” to evoke a sense of precious resources fading and a shift in balance, exclusively for...

March 20, 2024
Sangeeta Dey Roy
Poem

Resilience of Love: Kindling Hope in the Icy Despair

The poet, Sangeeta, grapples with despair, unable to find solace, as reality hinders her dreams and resilience, exclusively for Different Truths. In the icy world of despair, I tried...

January 27, 2024
Harinder Cheema
Poem

Spotlight: A Deep Dive into Urban Apathy and Despair

Harinder’s evocative poem takes us on a poignant journey through the centre of a city whose contradictions choke it, exclusively for Different Truths. A city of concrete jungle covered...

October 11, 2023
Dr. Navodita Pande
Health

Prayers, Yoga, Meditation, Nature Cure and Ayurveda practiced at Parmarth Niketan

Parmarth Niketan believes in Yoga being a way of life and making one’s life into a prayer to God. Hence they believe a devout person should follow the daily...

October 4, 2023
Aprajita Gupta
Poem

Confessions of a Un-victim

People are increasingly becoming small, self-centred and conceited. Here’s a protest poem by Aprajita, a take on social issue, in Different Truths. Ghastly screech travelled through my porous walls last...

June 2, 2023
Monika Ajay Kaul
Poem

Where is the Edge?

Here’s an evocative, soul-searching poem by Monika, in Different Truths. A strenuous path, the future seems. Even if we tread, it would be like aVoyage to nowhere, deprived of...

June 3, 2022
Naheed Akhtar
Poem

Typical Inner Climate

A voyage within, by Naheed, about despair, darkness, and a sliver of hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Like a bird which has lost Her way; in the night’s blind...

August 22, 2019
Monika Ajay Kaul
Literature, Poem

Let the Tears Flow…

Monika Ajay KaulBorn in the breathtakingly beautiful vale of Kashmir, Monika had her schooling there. A postgraduate in Business Management, an academician by profession, she is an art history...

August 16, 2019
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Literature, Poem

Nothing is in Vain

Atrayee BhattacharyaAtrayee Bhattacharya is an educator and works for an MNC’s CSR wing. In the bustle under the sun, she is a devoted educator, a loving wife, a caring...

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