To be a Bride Again!
Whenever a girl is dressed like a bride, she is sent away. First, from her parent’s home. And, the next time, for her final journey. The protagonist says, “I am...
The Date 9/11/2001: America Strong and Resolute after the Terror Attack
Anumita recalls the fright, panic and immense sadness of 9/11. Terror attack on the Twin Towers did not just kill people, it killed a part of every person, in...
Travails of a Lonesome Wedding Anniversary and Birth of Daughter in Primitive Settings
In all their youthful ignorance Lily and her husband decided to have their first baby in Dalhousie Cantonment. She gave birth to a daughter in a primitive setting. There was...
End Unlawful Torture in India: Political Consensus to Pass the Prevention of Torture Bill is Must
Use of torture, both physical and psychological torture, illegal detentions and filing of false cases go unchecked and are used as an instrument for forced confession, submission and extortion. Over the...
Bitter Dregs of Coffee
A poem with a universality by Mamta. From coffee that two people have to the terror attacks in another continent, depicting the life and times of the now generation. A...
Frozen Pain
Elsy talks of love, hope and pain in this verse exclusively for Different Truths. She arrayed her dreams like petals of a rose, lent them the scent of her...
Love’s Labour
There is something so divine about a women laboring to give birth. It is, as if she is working with God to create life. But does she indeed have a...
The Paradigm
Dating, boozing, premarital sex are the ‘in-thing’ these days. It has confused teenage girls, who have to deal with hormonal rush and peer pressures. A gynecologist, Tripti, recounts the confusion of...
Summer of Pain
An evocative prose poem by Deeya that talk of seasons, a seaside resort and more. Summer is at the helm of affairs, glistening beads of sweat wrap...
When Daisy met Dawn
An enchanting short story by Vatsala. The protagonist, Daisy, meets wise Dawn. It’s at a time when she is hopelessly forlorn and forsaken. Dawn shows her the beginning of new...