The Sky has Caught Fire
Elsy is a poet of peace. She questions terror and war in this poignant verse exclusively for Different Truths. The sky has caught fire, so has man’s conscience! Bhoom! Bhoom!...
The Politics of Human Rights in India: Past, Present and Future
Human rights no longer dominate the intellectual and policy making in India as it was until 1970s. However, recent invocation of human right’s language by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his...
Custodial Battle: Accelerant Used to Blast House with Dad and his Two Sons
Lack of sun causes despondency. Morbidity, destruction and death cloud the mind instead of good pleasant thoughts. Sukanya recalls that waiting in a doctor’s office, a write-up in a magazine disturbed...
Born into Brothels: An Ode to Sonagachhi
This poem is Lopamudra’s poetic tribute to Sonagachhi, the red light area of Kolkata, and the children of the sex workers there. It’s a continuation of the series of poetic...
For the Love of White
Neeti, our Fashion expert, tells us about White colour. In her scholarly and illuminating take on the subject, she says that in colour psychology, White is the colour of...
Understanding Women: Myths and Truths Decoded
Relationship and its rationale is the cementing force of social order. Be it an individual or community, the intra and inter personal relationship between the two is the life force...
Rose of a Lover
Oshin celebrates the rose in this evocative poem exclusively for Different Truths. Should she ever know, How treasured she is For she’d cease to grow Beautiful in a poet’s...
Lessons that Life Teaches
In India, we celebrated Teacher’s Day, on the first day of the week, on September 5, as a mark of respect to a teacher and former president Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan...
There is more to Life than Trophy Girlfriends and Dashing Dudes
If you want to belong to the hot and happening crowd, it’s necessary to have a trophy girlfriend or a dashing dude as boyfriend. It’s a fad and fashion; the...
Travails of a Lonesome Wedding Anniversary and Birth of Daughter in Primitive Settings
In all their youthful ignorance Lily and her husband decided to have their first baby in Dalhousie Cantonment. She gave birth to a daughter in a primitive setting. There was...