Strong - Different Truths

May 27, 2025
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Healing Lost Love: The Power of Compassion

Sarala poignantly captures in verse the agony of an aged mother sent to an old-age home, exclusively for Different Truths. Oh God, how I cried to see that old...

May 9, 2025
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

The Revenge of Tashi

A bold and intense prose poem by Deeya, in Different Truths. Tashi breathes the mud of magic. The cold windy day translucently blows and his bones rattle against a tepid...

April 21, 2025
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, History & Culture

India through Her Stamps

Sreelata tells us about the journey of India through her stamps. With the first General Post Office being opened, in 1774, in Calcutta, followed by Madras (1778) and Bombay (1792)...

April 12, 2025
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Dementia, the Demon

An intense social awareness poem on dementia by Sarala, in Different Truths. He was the much sought after engineer in a well-known firm With foreign trips plenty A man...

March 8, 2025
Payal Talreja
Gender

The Bitch, the Witch or That Woman on a Shaky Pedestal?

Millions of women are ostracised for what is normal, and in fact, a magical and powerful bodily function that enables the miracle of life. It is our fear of...

February 25, 2025
Elsy Satheesan
Poem

A Dark Love Letter: Sleet, Icicles, and Frozen Landscapes

An evocative verse by Elsy where Nature and life intertwine transcending from the individual to the cosmic sensibility, exclusively for Different Truths. Tonight, it is sleet,silently creeping downthe muted...

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...

January 14, 2025
Nilakshi Roy
Poem

Us, just us

Here’s an evocative love poem by Nilakshi, as we celebrate the season of fertility and bounty, in Different Truths. Will there be a time When there’ll be usJust usWaiting for...

November 14, 2024
Francesco Favetta
Poem

My heart is strong!

The sky that is in meis the light litin my eyeslike the starsare islandsfar away in timeand within the memories of lifethe eternal rootsare the inner freedoms.My heart is...

August 2, 2024
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Masala Kaju: Spicy Roasted Cashews

Sonali shares the recipe of masala kaju, yummy spicy roasted cashews, perfect snack during festivities. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. We just celebrated...

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