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December 16, 2022
Sangita Kalarickal
Poem

Chai: Water in a Tea Kettle

A thought-provoking, inward-looking autobiographical poem by Sangita – exclusively for Different Truths. Water in the tea kettle Shimmers with bubbles An expectation of a rising tempo Weaving through swirls...

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...

May 10, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Memoir, Travel & Food

Musings in the Cold Desert

A journey to the cold desert, Spiti, makes Soumya take a voyage within, with his Muse. An exclusive for Different Truths. A dry, barren, grey landscape. I am wandering...

March 21, 2022
Champa Srinivasan
Potpourri

It’s all in the Genes!

Champa recounts a true bedtime story about her mother. Many years later, the wheel turns full circle. Here’s an engrossing personal story by a wonderful storyteller. This is a story...

March 15, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

How did I Become a Writer?

oumya walks down the memory lane and shares with us how he became a writer. Find out. An exclusive for Different Truths. This is a story about how I...

February 28, 2022
Christine Larsen
Cover Story, Memoir, Relationship & Lifestyle

The ‘Bling Rings’ + One!

Christine walks down the memory lane and tells us the tale of bling rings, a dazzling diamond ring, and a lovely pearl ring – two rings with two amazing...

February 18, 2022
Aruna Chidambi
Cover Story, People, Place, Travel & Food

Nagroli Calling: A House on a Hill and a Soldier

Aruna takes us to a quaint Garhwali village, Nagroli, where she and her friends, accompanied by a highly decorated soldier, visit a house on a little hill. Find out...

February 12, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction

A Very Different Story: No Goodbyes – III

Meeta in her paroxysms of emotions – candid, vulnerable, loving, doubting – emerges with her complexities. In the third part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, the lovers depart,...

February 5, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction, Novella

A Very Different Story: Love Deepens – II

Cyber love and long-distance relationship melted the 2000 Km distance between them. In the second part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, love deepens. What happened to these love...

January 7, 2022
Joseph Ferguson
Book Club, Short Story, Special Feature

After the Crux

Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s earlier short fiction collection, Southbound. Critically acclaimed, it’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Swift Kick No. 5/6,...

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