Living - Different Truths

December 2, 2025
Tatjana Debeljacki
Poem

Aquarius/Living out of Poem

Aquarius A poem of longing and wish by Tatjana. Dedicated to Dragoljub Djuričić While it’s raining, and when there is happiness,And while dreaming the green knight,When the fear is...

July 10, 2024
Suveera Sharma
People, Place

That Old Lady in the Plaza

One in three elderly in Hong Kong aged 65 and over are living in poverty. They spend the remaining of their lives, looking through trash that we throw, trying...

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...

March 12, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Get Around the Molehills of Life

We often imagine situations far worse than they are. In short, we create a mountain out of molehills. Shernaz tells us how to overcome this problem, exclusively in Different...

February 8, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Relationship & Lifestyle

A Sense of Wonder

We are miracles we need to delve into. Those who stop to wonder and ask life what it is trying to divulge, are attuned to an awareness that looks...

September 29, 2023
Lata Rathore
Poem

Distance and Destined

Here’s a love poem from Lata, in Different Truths. Far away from your city, sitting beneath the stars, my impatient heart and sensible mind were fighting a deadly war.One...

June 3, 2023
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Journeys Lost

Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...

April 17, 2023
Shernaz Wadia
Science & Technology

The Interconnectedness of all Things

Our columnist, Shernaz finds an interconnectedness in various aspects of life. We are not just interconnected, we are interdependent and to take it further ‘we inter-are’, ‘interbeings’ as the...

December 5, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, Human Rights

Why is it a Curse to be a Girl-child?

Shernaz fictionalises a real-life account where the daughter, a girl-child, in dire need of kidney transplant was left uncared for. No medical expenses were provisioned for her since she...

August 15, 2022
Dr. Sunil Gupta
Potpourri

Living Without a Watch

Sunil talks about living without his watch. He unravels ‘time’ for a historian. Twenty four moons have waned since I last wore a watch, and I’d feel distinctly inconvenienced...

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