Mahalaya: Ya Devi!
Sunita remembers the Mahalaya, when the Goddess is invoked to drive away darkness from our lives. A poem for the Durga Puja, in Different Truths. She of the allied forces,He...
Spotlight: The Life and Times of Rishi Vedvyas
There are conflicting claims regarding the birthplace of the great Rishi Vedvyas. One school of thought says that he belonged to Vedvyas, Sundergarh, Odisha. Sreemati recounts the lore about the...
Gulmohar Glances: Fragility and Intensity of Love
A breezy love poem by Deeya, exclusively for DifferentTruths.com I move about in haunchesstumbled ways among frozen silencesyour eyes gyrated the curves ...
House Number 23.
Here’s a mysterious story by Anika. From this Saturday, we are introducing a talented teenage fiction writer, exclusively in Different Truths. After hours of inspecting every nook and corner...
Masala Kaju: Spicy Roasted Cashews
Sonali shares the recipe of masala kaju, yummy spicy roasted cashews, perfect snack during festivities. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. We just celebrated...
Whispers of 10,000 Generations
An evocative poem by Abhik. Here’s a lyric with epic sensibility, in Different Truths. Whispers of 10,000 generationsLead me to my gardenOh space of knowledge and thought Strike me,...
A Roman Holiday
Ruchira tells us of her visit to Rome, the eternal city, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Rome has as sobriquet: The Eternal City....
A Night in Grief
Emptiness, meaninglessness, loss, and darkness are all pervasive in this verse, by Ayub, for Different Truths. Nothing is there,The mirror, the moon, the decanter,All are empty,The page of heart...
Is Money the Root of all Evil?
The idea that money is the be-all and end-all of life has become ingrained into human consciousness. Being in a consumerist and capitalist modern society we learn to woo material riches,...
Clarion Call
A patriotic poem that covers the entire gamut of history and social realities by Shalini, in Different Truths. Mother India’s clarion call to her tenants,Divided by caste you were,...