Colour Me!
The celebrations of colours and its absence in the life of a woman in an evocative verse by Saheli. At the height of spring she had forever searched for colours...
PVCHR Empowered Child Right to Curb Child Labour
Africa and Asia together account for over 90 per cent of total child employment. India has 10.12 million child labourers (Census 2011), aged between 5 to 14 years, and...
A Child Labour Keeps Lopsided Economy Afloat on his Blood and Sweat
According to the ILO, internationally child labour has declined by one third since 2000. But, in India, that employs the largest numbers of child labour in the world, the trend is...
Chhotu
Deprivation, born out of poverty and hunger, has snatched away the carefree childhood from millions of children in India and other Third World countries. Here’s Lily’s short story, based on real...
Over 55 Million Children in India Labour but Sleep Hungry
Despite legislations and protests by Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailsh Satyarthi, activists like Dr. Lenin Raghuvanshi and NGOs like PVCHR, over 55 million children in India are doomed. They are made...
Can Children Inherit an Exploitation-free World from us?
Let Children Smile in a deprivation-free, exploitation-free world. Let’s each of us ask ourselves what we can do for 168 million children worldwide to ensure that the do not sleep hungry,...
Hero Worship
This verse is about Neelam’s search for a hero, an icon, in her teenage years. When I was a teen, I was often asked, “Who is your hero?” I...
Live-in Relationship or Marriage: What Keeps the Spark Alive in a Couple?
Is live-in relationship a mere fad or fashion? Does it make us more ‘trendy’? Is it the product of deep identity crisis amongst the youth? Many say that these things...
Once I met Life
A poignant poem by Shernaz. During the passage from birth to date I once encountered Life on the way She beckoned. Urged me to engage in the moment I...
Sweet Peas / She Came
Sweet Peas Here are two evocative poems by Lily for Different Truths. Cloying cinnamonic caressing scent of sweet-peas Wafting across the moss green expanse of gambolling meadows Bamboo grasses...