Indelible Kiss
An evocative and sensual love poem by Alok, where he sees various elements of Nature in love. It inspires the lover in him. Here’s his verse, in Different Truths....
Exploring the Spiritual & Sensual: Ishita’s Transformative Floral Paintings
Ishita Chowdhury is an artist known for her distinct innovation in painting flowers, blurring the line between spirituality and sensuality, reality and surrealism, and creating a unique approach that...
God of Everything Falls
Lovita J. R. MorangLovita J R Morang is a Karmaveer Chakra Awardee, iCongo, United Nations. Awarded Filmmaker, artiste, writer, and a poet. Twenty-six anthologies of short stories and poems,...
Reetwika Banerjee: Five Books, Three Films, 13 Awards makes her a Young Achiever
Reetwika Banerjee, a columnist with Different Truths, is a young achiever. She has won 13 awards for her five books and three films. T Mukherjee interviews her, exclusively for...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Moonlit Night – LXIV
Nilanjana retells a story from the Bhagavatam about the magical divinity of Krishna’s flute, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Parikshit was looking forward to the next...
Ecstatic Dream
An intense sensuous poem by Nandita, in Different Truths. Creeping into the velvet darkness The hour of midnight comes falling softly Where wondrous dreams are created The memories start evoking my...
Love Bloomed Amongst Hatred, Revenge Violence and Deaths of the 1984-Carnage in When a Mighty Tree Falls by Amrinder Bajaj
Despite the deep hurt, Amrinder Bajaj’s novel, When a Mighty Tree Falls, remained objective. In the novel, she described how some Hindus, risking their lives and limbs, saved their...
From Practice to Perfect: Sex with Minor Wife Criminalised by the SC
In a landmark judgement, the Apex Court ruled out the exception u/s 375(2) of the IPC as being unconstitutional, stating that if any husband engages in sexual intercourse with...
Is The Inheritance of Loss of Kiran Desai a Panoramic or Intimate Novel?
Basudeb critiques one of the novels of Kiran Desai, exploring the Weltanschauung of the Indian Diaspora novelists, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Born in Chandigarh,...
Feisty, Controversial and Soft Porn Writer Shobha De showcases Multi-dimensional Images of Indian Elitist Women in her Novels
Controversial and feisty novelist Shobha De. She wears many hats, a model, magazine editor, wife, mother, columnist, a celebrity in the world of journalism, a commentator on various social...