Birthing of a Muslim
Bushra fears the divisive and communal world her grandson would inherit in this poem, for Different Truths. In a world torn asunder With hate, prejudice, and conflict I gasp...
The Bridge across the Oceans
It is a concern for most expats, with increasing number of people finding employment overseas, it’s a continuous endeavor to strike a balance between aging parents back home, and...
When Faith Turns the Divider
Ruchira anguishes that the Indian society is becoming increasingly intolerant and parochial. The walls of religious divisions are sharper now. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different...
A Scaffolding of Love
Here’s an intense and powerful women-centric poem by Mamta that celebrates her love despite countless sufferings, for Different Truths. Throbbing with exhaustion and pain Cramped muscles ache for rest...
Will the Union Budget Respond to the Demand of the Civil Society for a Universal Pension Scheme?
The letter written on behalf of the Pension Parishad, a network of 100 civil society organisations in it, is in response to recent reports indicating that the Centre was...
Indigenous Publishing Industry under Threat from eBooks
With the advent of e-publishing, there has been a sharp decline in the traditional publication of books. Many peoples are getting e-books. This has plunged the publishing industry into...
Will this Land Never be Clean?
Ruchira tells us about the unhygienic and unclean habits of Indians. Despite the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, a much-hyped cleanliness campaign, the brainchild of our honourable PM, the ground realities are contrary....
Idiosyncrasies of the Administrator
No amount of agitation, street theater, or NGOs can accomplish what one civil servant who is ‘civil’ and believes in ‘service’ can. So the time and energy spent in...
Wish Colleagues Could be Friends?
Hemashri looks inward and wonders whether colleagues could be friends in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Somewhere I read that colleagues are friends ‘imposed’ on us! Just...
Be a Paragon of Peace
Here’s a poem of hope and peace by Manthena, for Different Truths. When you love all foes you have no woes Embittered enmity flees with fear on toes Loyal...