Smile Archives - Page 3 of 11

June 11, 2022
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

She Watched Him with a Smile

She found love among despondency and hesitation, in this verse, by Sarala, exclusively for Different Truths. Every day she watches him Passing by on the parallel Road but they...

June 10, 2022
Anumita Roy
Poem

And I wait

In an intense, poignant, serene and soulful poem, Anumita explores waiting, with all its expectancies and hopes from beyond life. It’s Sunday and I wait, I will soon hear your...

January 7, 2022
Anumita Roy
Short Story, Special Feature

A Wrinkled Smile

A short story based on real life that explores various layers of relationships, by Anumita, our Managing Editor, exclusively for Different Truths. Kathy watched the bony fingers holding her...

January 4, 2022
Tribhawan Kaul
Short Story

First Crush

An interesting love story by Tribhawan, exclusively for Different Truths. He was 20 going on 21. Four letter word ‘love’ was taboo so far his conservative family was concerned. Eagle eyed...

December 27, 2021
Sehar Siddiqi
Fiction, Special Feature

The City of Dreams

With a perfect image of small town girl carrying a suitcase full of memories and a diary full of dreams and longings, Varisha took her first step into the...

July 22, 2021
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...

May 6, 2021
Parvathy Ramachandran
Pandemic, Poem

Smile it Out!

Amidst doom and despondency, it’s a time for healing and prayers that this poem, by Parvathy, celebrates exclusively for Different Truths. Many who saw me, They asked me, How...

September 2, 2020
Prof. Sonjoy Dutta-Roy
Governance

Song on a Folk Lilt – IV

Prof Sonjoy’s in his fourth and concluding part continues with his legacy of Bengal’s folk music. An exclusive for Different Truths. You areNo more the youThat I knew Your...

January 13, 2020
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Sarala BalachandranSarala Balachandran was working with an import-export organisation in the administrative department for 38 years. She retired eleven years back. Married, with two sons aged 43 and 36,...

April 2, 2019
Rupa Rao
Literature, Poem

Most Precious Gift for my Birthday

Rupa RaoRupa is an army child who schooled in 9 towns in 12 years. She graduated from Jabalpur; did MBA, and Law from Mumbai. Travelling, learning about cultures, imbibing differences,...

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