Protest Archives - Different Truths

August 8, 2026
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Puppy Love: The K9 Kind

Humourist Soumya talks about canine love, with paroxysms of emotions, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The first canine love in my life was my grandfather’s Daschund,...

July 4, 2026
Martins Tommyson
Poem

After the Taste of Juicy Zobo-Blood

An anti-war protest poem by Martins, for Different Truths. After fuddled in thoughtaround 12am,in the serene nightI depleted my thoughtwhich was flitting through my mindmy thought I proffered no...

April 18, 2025
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Hidden in Silence: The Truth of Choked Voices

Dr Roopali’s poem, exclusively for Different Truths, explores a deceptive silence, concealing a suppressed cacophony of choked voices and silenced truths threatening a violent eruption. This is a silence...

January 22, 2025
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Poem

There is a Mad Girl in Me

An intense poem by Olaitan, wherein the poet wants to break shackles. Here’s a protest poem, in Different Truths. Sometimes,I just want to run outOf this world,Far away From these...

October 21, 2024
Gopal Lahiri
Poem

A Struggle for Survival & Endurance in a Post-Abhaya City

Gopal’s protest poem, exclusively for Different Truths, depicts a city’s streets filled with defiance, questioning rulers’ ability to ignore demands before change becomes too strong. Abhaya’s are flying over...

June 11, 2024
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Rantings of my Heart

An evocative protest poem, where Anoucheka and her heart converse about a cruel world, for Different Truths. Tell me, urged my heartTell me why the world is so cruel Wars...

May 4, 2024
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Poem

When the Lies are Gone

An intense and powerful protest poem by Olaitan that explores ‘living shadows of truths’ and ‘pleasant tortures’, in Different Truths. The living shadows Of truths visitThe tombsOf our minds,And the pristine...

March 27, 2024
Mopuru Penchula Narasimham
Poem

How Language Can Explode Against Oppression

Mopuru’s poem highlights the power and persistence of the written word, using metaphors to illustrate its resilience and ability to overcome attempts to silence it, exclusively for Different Truths....

October 13, 2023
Aparajita Dutta
Poem

The Sun Drinks my Lemonade

An intense protest poem by Aparajita, in Different Truths. The sun drinks my lemonade, Stoic of the clouds That swell up with my tears, Husbanding a water we have...

March 23, 2023
Concetta Pipia
Poem

Stop! Critical Race Theory

Here’s a protest poem by Concetta against race, gender and class, against Critical Race Theory – exclusively for Different Truths. In the world of Critical Race Theory, where justice...