scars Archives - Different Truths

January 15, 2025
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Poem

True Love, at Last!

Here’s a soulful love poem by Vatsala, for Different Truths. Like an elegant knighthe softly holds my hand,Lovingly, he imprintsprotective kisses on my forehead In contrast to my past-Scars...

April 14, 2023
Himali Narang
Literature, Poem

Dreams

Himali NarangHimali Narang has worn many hats. A postgraduate in English from Punjab University, Chandigarh, she worked for a commerce magazine; also wrote articles for The Indian Express and...

September 15, 2021
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

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...

September 24, 2018
Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha
Gender, Human Rights, Profile, Special Feature

Sojourner Truth, First Feminist to Assert Black Identity: Intersectionality and Truth

What Sojourner Truth may have been most famous for, not unlike the firebrand anarchist Emma Goldman, was her public speaking. Illiterate throughout her life, she nevertheless had a remarkable...

September 13, 2017
Mary Kaye Huber
Poem

Do not breathe in Ragged Breaths

Here’s an evocative, spiritual poem by Mary, in Different Truths, that seeks answers from the soul for humanity. Do not breathe in life in ragged breaths as though your...

July 28, 2017
Shameena Abdurahiman
Fashion & Beauty

The Cult of the Body Beautiful and Growth of Plastic Surgery to Enhance Sex Appeal – III

The post-war (World Wars) plastic surgery boom and the breaking down of traditional reluctance to undergo plastic surgery, particularly middle-aged, middle-class women, who were affluent and largely finished with raising...

September 1, 2016
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Poem

Beneath our Panties

In this poignant verse Nigerian poet, Olaitan, defines a woman, sensitive and vibrant, beyond her anatomy. Beneath our panties are The hot coals Of knocks and punches Of holes and...