Grief Archives - Different Truths

May 21, 2025
Tirtho Banerjee
Poem

Burglary: Silence and the Powerful Language of Unspoken Grief

Tirtho’s poem is about a ransacked home that evokes a deep sense of violated privacy and irretrievable loss, witnessed by silent, broken remnants, exclusively for Different Truths. The twisted...

February 19, 2025
Tirtho Banerjee
Poem

The Weight of Obsession: A Deformed Pang of Grief

Tirtho’s poem explores themes of disillusionment, memory, and the struggle to find truth amidst a fragmented inner landscape, exclusively for Different Truths. My heavy lids open,I see a mirage...

December 20, 2024
Dr Ketaki Datta
Memoir

Love and Loss: A Reflection on Grief and Healing

Dr Ketaki shares her Ph.D. struggles with despair, disillusionment, and existential angst, using introspection, Eliot’s works, and a metaphorical “court of justice,” exclusively for Different Truths. I am being...

August 1, 2024
Ayub Khawar
Poem

A Night in Grief

Emptiness, meaninglessness, loss, and darkness are all pervasive in this verse, by Ayub, for Different Truths. Nothing is there,The mirror, the moon, the decanter,All are empty,The page of heart...

September 7, 2023
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

Harmonised

An evocative poem by Elsy, in Different Truths. They moved into an abode new by the railway line when she was nine. Sleep became alien as chugged the...

July 15, 2023
Jennifer Gurney
Poem

Haiku Reflections: Grief, Thunder, Memories, and Moonlight

These haiku verses, by Jennifer, express grief, storms, remembrance, and connection, reflecting fleeting emotions. Grief crashes in at Least-expected times Uninvited guest *** Thunder rolls in The not-too-distant sky...

May 6, 2023
Arindam Roy
Humour, Politics

A Nation of Shaved Heads!

Arindam recounts lesser-known folklore and wonders, be it India or elsewhere if men changed at all. We revisit a satire, after five years, exclusively for Different Truths. This is...

March 14, 2023
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Relationship & Lifestyle

Not so Funny

Humourist Soumya plays Love Guru and advices a young couple, recalling what his wife had to say about marrying him, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Recently at a...

March 4, 2023
Urna Bose
Interview, Poem

‘A Poet Channels Deep Inner Grief into Words and Metaphors’

Renowned poet Vinita Agrawal talks about her journey into the realm of books, inner grief, atmospheric poetry and more with Urna – an exclusive for Different Truths. Have you ever felt like bolting out the noise,...

August 30, 2021
Bushra Alvi Razzack
Poem

Go in Peace, Mother!

The demise of a mother causes immense grief. Bushra pens a poignant prayer-poem, about her grief and hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Go in peace, O gentle soul As you...

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