A Potion to Heal and Kill
Since thousands of years poisons have been both a deadly threat and a protective tool used around the world. Poisons have played a dominant role in our history and...
The Power of Technology: Reshaping the Media Landscape
The integration of television and digital media, facilitated by technological advancements, internet accessibility, smartphones, smart TVs, and on-demand content has revolutionised media consumption and blurred the lines between traditional...
Durga And the Transformative Power of Love
In a personal essay, Urna tells us what Maha Ashtami means to her. It honours Durga, a goddess of strength and resilience, encouraging worship of the “durg” within our...
Time for Retiral
Retirement calls for many adjustments in life. Mamta celebrates it in verse, for Different Truths. The shrill alarm bellThe acid refluxOf tightrope walkOf panic hasteDays, months, yearsAt home and...
Exploring the Significance of Knowledge as Power in Hinduism
Hinduism values knowledge as a powerful source of power, with scriptures, guru-disciple tradition, Jnana Yoga, and education empowering individuals and society, opines Rajul, exclusively for Different Truths. Hinduism has...
The Power of Karma: Shaping Destinies, Time, and Liberation
Rajul explores karma’s transformative power in Eastern philosophies, influencing human destiny and moksha – exclusively for Different Truths. The extraordinary superpower known as karma exists within the domain of...
Journeys Lost
Here’s a story by Sumita, about a journey, exclusively in Different Truths. Dr. Sen’s house was in a state of excitement. His niece was bringing their grandnephews to meet...
The Power of the Pen
Harinder extolls a poet and the power of the pen in this verse – exclusively for Different Truths. When a Poet writes He spreads his wings to take a...
Why is it a Curse to be a Girl-child?
Shernaz fictionalises a real-life account where the daughter, a girl-child, in dire need of kidney transplant was left uncared for. No medical expenses were provisioned for her since she...
Durga, the Adya Shakti: An Invocation
Rashmi invokes Durga, the Adya Shakti (Primeval Mother), the supreme source of power and energy to slay the demons of the present day. A poem on contemporary women’s issues for the Durga...