Paradise Lost!
Satraps, the political lords and masters of the megapolis, call the shots. Soumya tells us about a park and the loss of greenery. An exclusive for Different Truths. Central...
A Golden Dawn
An enchanting mystery of nature unfolds for the protagonist, a seven-year-old girl. What did she encounter, early morning, that changed her forever? An exclusive for Different Truths. I opened...
A Spurious Existence
Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...
Voyages Within & Without: From Worrisome Questions into Comforting Exclamations – III
Nibedita voyaged within and without. In the third and final part of her narrative, she talks of deep pain, the intersections of her personal voyages within and on the...
Mystical Silence
A poignant love poem celebrating nature, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. Confined to my mystical silence I bloom like a flower And my aromatic fragrance silently floats To...
Freedom
Poonam likens herself to rain, in this evocative poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Like a raindrop From the Heaven above I was born. Like a water droplet I...
The Hunted Songbird
A poignant and evocative ballad about a songbird, by Soumya, is about the virtues and vice of nature. An allegory for Different Truths. The songbird trilled happily in the...
Celebrating Saawan in Songs
Dr. Swaraj celebrates the beauty of Sawaan, in his seminal article, exploring its nuances in Hindi film and non-film songs, other than cultural overtures. An exclusive for Different Truths....
Borrowed Moments
An evocative prayer poem, inspired by nature, by Dr. Molly, exclusively for Different Truths. The gentle wind moves, trees ...
Varuna
A poignant poem about nature and man, by Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. This ancient city waits for monsoon With bated breath, thwarted often; Now the sky is kinder,...