Distance and Destined
Here’s a love poem from Lata, in Different Truths. Far away from your city, sitting beneath the stars, my impatient heart and sensible mind were fighting a deadly war.One...
Silencing Symphony: Birds’ Journey from Freedom to Conformity
In an evocative protest poem, Sujoy rues that the Center’s counterfeit rule forces avian creatures to conform, sacrificing individuality — an exclusive for Different Truths. The little birds with...
Processing
Here’s a protest poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Living, a terrible forgotten emotion Knife, helps me think of a nation Tyranny, plans the burden to rise Monotony, imperialist...
Us
Love or its loss is found among the mundane, everyday things. It speaks through the most ordinary objects about two people very close. Here’s a love poem by Mallika, for...
The Breakdown
Here’s an intense and evocative poem by Smita. And then she was goneAnd he paced the apartment,A lone wolf, restless,Its tongue hanging out . . . He stood by...
The Lingering Scent of Sanctuaries
The agony of a city dweller, travelling in the spatial world and the voyage within are the concerns of Mamta in this evocative poem. Cyclical nature of festivals Entwined with...
Many Shades of Silence
An evocative poem by Dr Pragya, wherein she explores the many shades of silence – exclusively for Different Truths. If silence stands for peace then why does it always...
A Narrative on Women, Feminism, Sexuality and Politics in Contemporary India
Sonia Gandhi’s unperturbed state in her husband’s funeral is acceptable to the urban and sophisticated Indians as Sonia Gandhi is cloning a ‘male’ behavior and thus striving to achieve...
An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood
We are pleased to present An Anthology of Poems Celebrating Womanhood, as part of the International Women’s Day (IWD) Theme that we, in Different Truths are featuring, spread over three days,...
The Scars Within
Here’s an evocative short story by Alisha that she penned during a Creative Writing Workshop, conducted by our Editor-in-Chief, Arindam. An exclusive for Different Truths. Red. That was the...