Discovery
Bruce addresses a pertinent social issue in the poem. Our enemy is faster Without doubts and Unencumbered by the cloth of ethics Without mercy Wearing skins of every race...
Goa Diary: When a Pleasant Surprise Went Unpleasant!
Maya recounts a visit to Doodh Sagar, a beatific natural site in south Goa. Their pleasant trip became unpleasant. Find out the reasons in this interesting travelogue, a Different Truths exclusive....
My Wings have not Widened for a Trivial Love…
A poignant poem from Anca that speaks of the agony of heart-wrenching love. My wings have not widened for a trivial Love, You just have filled your emptiness… My...
The Gap
In this women-centric short story, Maya shows the generation gap between daughter-in- law and mother-on- law. How they are from different worlds, different times. The resolution is heart-warming. She has her...
The Power of Touch
Maya talks about the importance of touch in a married life. She reveals one of the most important secrets to a long and happy married life. It’s not just making...
Mothers and Beloveds
Lily talks of the real, flesh-and- blood mother, not the flat, cardboard-like sentimental mother, depicted in films and songs. We fight the most with our mothers because we love her...
Peace-II
Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...
In Verse Anca is a Gateway between Arts and Truths / The Geometry of Love
Anca talks of the geometry of love in the evocative verse following the discourse of her poems by James Cairns, the co-editor and translator of Anca Mihaela Bruma’s poems....
Baseless Fallacies
Is life an illusion Are love and friendship delusional? Padmini asks a few hard questions in this verse. Love is nothing but a silly fabrication Fostered for generation after generation...
The Pauper and his Princess
Here’s a poignant ballad from Padmini. She weaves an enchanting story. He was a trash picker, a vagabond That came to pick pieces at odd hours One day his...