Night . - Different Truths

October 18, 2025
Arindam Roy
Short Story

The Dancing Lamp

Childhood and teenage are magical years. Two teenagers, Arun and Gaurishankar, witness a spooky incident. The midsummer nights’ eerie event scared them. Despite their fears, they recorded the details of the...

August 3, 2024
Pramila Khadun
Literature, Poem

Lover Lost

December 21, 2023
Bhawini Tripathi
Poem

Dusk

Bhawini talks of nature and the ebb of life in this poignant sad poem. Cracked near the dusty mountains,As the weary sun does bleedMy heart sobs out,Its music much...

October 4, 2023
Aprajita Gupta
Poem

Confessions of a Un-victim

People are increasingly becoming small, self-centred and conceited. Here’s a protest poem by Aprajita, a take on social issue, in Different Truths. Ghastly screech travelled through my porous walls last...

October 15, 2022
Shalini Samuel
Poem

Lost Moments / A Caring Heart

Here are two poems by Shalini. In Lost Moments, she points out the futility of debates when we should pause and admire its beauty instead. Her second poem, A...

April 9, 2022
Duska Vrhovac
Poem

Mystic Rains

A poignant poem of bitter-sweet love by Duska. I was picking red peonies with you last nightby the muddy Bistrica river.From the sky were falling white petals on usfrom...

March 5, 2022
Simran Arora
Poem

A Caged Bird / Colour

Here are two poems by Simran. She feels the agonising pain of a bird held captive in a cage and the sweet pain of love. A Caged Bird A caged...

September 15, 2021
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

The Attic: Reliving its Story

An evocative poem about the attic and old age from Deeya Robbed she stands, bearing scars all over her putrid skin; dust-settled fungi-smeared; stale from the air over yester-years...

November 1, 2019
Mandakini Bhattacherya
Poem

Birds of a Feather

October 30, 2016
Indrajit Rai
Fairs & Festivals, Poem, Rituals & Practices, Special Feature

Diwali

An evocative poem on Diwali, structured like a ballad that explores many layers of meanings. The poet, Indrajit, turns his gaze inwards in the last stanza, as part of the...

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