The Wingspan Of Sorrow
A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous. If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...
Grandmothers
In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem. Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...
May Light Precede Footsteps
Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...
Six Girls and a Regime
A protest poem, by Farheen, that addresses the freedom to wear hijab and how six girls stood for their rights, exclusively for Different Truths. We sat in the class...
Speed bumps
Soumya talks about the many speed bumps of life’s journey, in this poem, tongue-in-cheek, exclusively for Different Truths. I was cruising along life’s fast lane Whizzing by in Speed...
Half of Her Lovers are Half the World Away
A bold feminist poem, by Prof Nandini, where she lets her hair down, exclusively for Different Truths. Men who loved their wives and those who did not all fell...
Love’s Mystery
Kamrun unravels the complexities of love, its ephemeralness, changes, pulls, pressures; an unsolved enigma, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. Nothing is really granted forever. Love, money, fame...
My Dear Face
A reflective poem, by Ananta, exclusively for Different Truths. Oh! My dear face Never be upset I didn’t come to pimples I didn’t come to dimples Oh! My dear...
Words
An introspective poem, wherein the poet, Kamrun, talks about words and its complex relationship with each of us. An exclusive for Different Truths. Words speak, words lose path to...
Controversy between Woman and Love
An evocative poem, by Kamrun, with contestation between a woman and love. An exclusive for Different Truths. Who are you? I am love Are you that one? Who doesn’t...