My Curse…
Prasanna pens a dark poem about loss of love, where lust dooms, exclusively for Different Truths. You say that you love me, yet, I was hacked on the roads,...
To the One Who Left the Earth
Misna pens and dedicates a poem, in memory of her uncle Th. Pawlen Singh, exclusively for Different Truths. You have crossed the paths Beyond our mind could think How...
To Trip, Climb, or Circle: A Poet’s Engagement With Life & the World
Nabanita reviews Trips Climbs Circles, an anthology of sixty poems, by Madhu Sriwastav. An exclusive for Different Truths. Genre: Poetry Poet: Madhu Sriwastav Pages: 90 Meena Alexander once wrote,...
A Story About Two Runaway Children
A poignant poem, by Shivani, about crime against children. For the two children, an escape from home was a journey from the frying pan to the fire. An exclusive...
Dreaming Dhaka on the River Buri-Ganga
Memories of people, boatmen, food, songs, a river, encapsulates the agony of a migrant father, in this poem, by Dr. Roopali. An exclusive for Different Truths. When you grow...
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...
Who Shall Command the Skylark Not to Sing[i]…
An evocative and poignant poem, by Dr. Molly, celebrating nature and hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Sing it must, the skylark facing the sun, ...
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,...
Red Ant Chutney, Trumping in the Boxing Ring, Rab-Ban Calling & Bishop Warns of Narcotic Jihad
Shail weaves her news in verse, for the week, with red ant chutney as a possible Covid cure. Did the courts accept the claim? A new avatar for Trump,...