Face Archives - Different Truths

July 13, 2026
Monika Arora
Poem

She Never Saw Him Again

An evocative love poem of loss and remembrances, by Monika, for Different Truths. She never saw him againTheir love was very briefThey couldn’t be togetherAnd this was her only...

June 25, 2026
Farheen Viquas
Science & Technology

Technology: Pain, Sweat, Blood and Body Heat

Technology can now quantify pain experienced by a patient and help doctors’ prognosis. It won’t be easy to fake pain anymore. A device made from paper detects biomarkers and...

May 27, 2025
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Healing Lost Love: The Power of Compassion

Sarala poignantly captures in verse the agony of an aged mother sent to an old-age home, exclusively for Different Truths. Oh God, how I cried to see that old...

June 27, 2024
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

Fear

An intense, women-centric prose poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Fear is unknown; I’ve felt it in my fingers and toes. I backpack it in my nightmares. The devil’s...

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...

March 18, 2023
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Poem

An intense poem by Olaitan, in Different Truths. Are the beautiful faces That paint the nights, They are the resounding tick-tocks Of silent kissesOnly found in dark corners. Streetlights are the four...

February 3, 2023
Poornima Laxmeshwar
Poem

A Poem on Everything that Cuts

An intense poem by Poornima, in Different Truths, that talks of the territorial nature of man, and more Have you seen a marked territory? A border that defines what...

November 21, 2022
Anumita Roy
Business, Humor, People

Black Friday: Sinister Designs and Ploys of Shoppers for Big Bargains!

Black Friday, following the Thanksgiving Thursday, is a time of big bargains in the US. People wait for this day. But, the mad rush to literally grab the goods meant...

July 9, 2022
Smita Agarwal
Poem

At Fifty Three

Here’s a powerful poem by Smita, a personal prayer in defiance. Dear God, Idol of stone, Shaped like a phallus. And then, more often than not, ...

June 10, 2022
Anumita Roy
Poem

And I wait

In an intense, poignant, serene and soulful poem, Anumita explores waiting, with all its expectancies and hopes from beyond life. It’s Sunday and I wait, I will soon hear your...