eyes - Different Truths

July 29, 2025
Ayub Khawar
Poem

The Full Moon in the Dark

An evocative poem, celebrating nature, by Ayub, exclusively for Different Truths. The ocean was destined to dance, But what happened to the moon! Whose evil eye has caught The...

May 30, 2025
Kushal Poddar
Poem

How to Look Through the Eyes of a Beggar

Kushal’s poem explores empathy and societal disparity through the perspective of a marginalised veteran beggar in a wintery scene, exclusively for Different Truths. How do I look through the...

September 28, 2024
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

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 ...

May 8, 2024
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

The Young Widow of Benaras

Here’s a heart-wrenching tale of a young widow of Benaras by Sarala, in Different Truths. The young widow in white attireWrapped around carelesslyhardly married for six monthsSitting under the...

September 18, 2023
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Madness

A protest poem and a poignant verse by Anoucheka, in Different Truths. Man is mad, So it would seem He births exalts at it Enjoys, uses, and even abuses...

August 29, 2023
Bhawini Tripathi
Poem

A Lifetime of Me

A poignant love poem from Bhawini. I do not know,Those favourite flowers,Which when presented,Taint the cheeks a blushing pink. Yet I know,From the deep sooty packetsBeneath your eyesExactly on...

May 5, 2023
Anumita Roy
Short Story

The Beginning of an End

Anumita brings out the agonising pain of a mother contesting her child’s custody in a courtroom, exclusively for Different Truths. “Are you ready, June? – the question was just...

April 18, 2023
Smriti Maheshwari
Relationship & Lifestyle

The Delicious Dangers of Online Romance: When and Where to stop?

The Internet has opened the possibility of online romance. It’s heady. Gives an instant high and is deliciously dangerous. Here Smriti, based on her interactions with some of her...

February 2, 2023
Madhumita Bhattacharjee Nayyar
Poem

The Cold Winter Night…

A love poem in the backdrop of a cold winter night, by Madhumita, for Different Truths. Wintry night embraces, shivering, frigid and piercing, Lonely in love, my heart hibernates, gelid...

September 5, 2022
Arindam Roy
Short Story, Special Feature

F**k Honesty!

It’s an era when reporters are called upon to be fixers. They have to do the dirty jobs. Those who cannot, like the protagonist, Badshah, are ejected out of...

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