Compensations
An evocative poem about various aspects and attributes of life, by Elsy, in Different Truths. Two-in-one, bane and boon: this hyper sensitivity! The bane is when even a...
Solo Travels of a Married Woman
Mahima shares her experiences of travelling solo after her marriage. She also discusses her fears and demons, in the regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. We met at a...
Great Expectations
Sarala talks of her dreams of better India, in this poignant verse, in Different Truths. I have a dream I have a dream To see my motherland bloom With...
Bolshevik: It is Hundred
Here’s a poem by Kabir, on the occasion of the centenary of the Bolshevik Revolution, in Different Truths. Adhered to the wall They craved for freedom One after another...
Death Announced her Arrival
An evocative poem by Sumita, in Different Truths. Death announced her arrival. No silent whispers in my ears; No, the clarion call was loud and clear. My guts burnt;...
Tagore and Allahabad: Indian Press Published all his Books, from 1908-14, including the Nobel Prize-winning Gitanjali – I
Between 1908 and 1914, Indian Press printed and published all Tagore works and made it popular. The books were printed by Indian Press, Allahabad and sold through Indian Publishing...
The Tadpoles Did Not See
Here’s a poem by Sumita that celebrates nature, the playful innocence of girls, memory, and identity, in Different Truths. The surface rippled, Three pairs of feet plopped in And...
Humming Grief
An intense poem that transcends from the pain of grief to a sense of grief, by Elsy, in Different Truths. She hummed with pride a stately grief hemmed into...
Churned in the Soul
An intense, inward looking poem by Elsy, in Different Truths. The ache that burnt into conscience grew into a blaze. It was doused, but then the soul went...
That Divine Light
Here’s a poem, by Arun, on Diwali. The poet asks us to light the lamp of divinity, within us, in Different Truths. Light not just these mortal lamps, Ceasing...