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July 14, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

In These Spiked Times…

An evocative poem by Subramanian celebrates the change of seasons and the beauty of nature, exclusively for Different Truths. May’s heat, in these spiked times, Sends pulse on a...

July 12, 2021
Sudeshna Mukherjee
Poem

Daily Deaths in an Abused Marriage

Sudeshna writes about the daily deaths that a woman dies in an abused marriage. A powerful social commentary, exclusively for Different Truths. I am counting, counting the deaths that...

July 10, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

How to Teach a Frightened Boy?

An intense and powerful poem, by Dr. Roopali, about Bittoo’s battered mother and women wronged down the ages. An exclusive for Different Truths. How to teach that frightened boy ...

July 9, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Why Stigmatise Mental Disorders?

Sarala questions why mental disorders are stigmatised in India, in this prose poem on social awareness, exclusively for Different Truths. In today’s world, the second killer next to heart...

July 7, 2021
Nosano Kikhi
Poem

A Lied* for an Ailing Forest

An intense and powerful poem about an ailing forest, by Nosano, exclusively for Different Truths. I heard heart murmurs ECGs could not detect Urging me To paint their pain...

July 6, 2021
Amita Sanghavi
Poem

Remnants

An evocative poem about suffering, by Amita, exclusively for Different Truths. The remnants of my silence Hung on the words Heart-felt, held, weighed On my tongue heavy – Unuttered....

July 5, 2021
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Poem

Spring: Season of Love

Inspired by two Bengali songs, Prof. Sonjoy transcreates the romance of Spring, exclusively for Different Truths. To the lilt of the flute To the beat of the Mridanga Comes the...

July 3, 2021
Kamrun Nahar
Poem

The Bustle of the Wild Air

An evocative poem, by Kamrun, about wild air, wandering traveller and more, exclusively for Different Truths. In a silent spring with a misty wild air I can listen to...

July 2, 2021
Harinder Cheema
Poem

Of Magic Lamp, Aladdin, Healing and Hurt

Aladdin, a character in a book, seeks to be released to heal this world. An evocative poem by Harinder, exclusively for Different Truths. I was cleaning my small library,...

July 1, 2021
Nibedita Sen
Arts, Poem

Animated Joys

An intense woman-centric poem, by Nibedita, wherein she searches her identity, exclusively for Different Truths. They ask me, what do I do the entire day? Their eyes questioning my...

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