Fugitives
An intense poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Can you slip off your tongue from the needles That have stitched your respect? I believe that everyone will say, ‘No’ ...
The Pronoun
An interesting and a thought-provoking poem by Carlos, in Different Truths. I, we, You, He, she, it, they, Oh, these pronouns! Pronounce one that’s dangerous, You’ll fall prey....
Samatha: A Buddhist form of Meditation Focuses on a Prayer or an Object for Tranquility
Samatha can be translated as ‘concentration’ or ‘tranquility’. It is a state of mind in which it is brought to rest. Most systems of meditation lay emphasis upon the...
Backpack to One of the Oldest and Charming Cities of India
Kolkata-based Soma tells us about a backpacking trip to Varanasi and Saranath, exclusively in Different Truths. Well, it’s an easy guess – Varanasi! That evening I checked my watch...
Poetry and a Call for Change
Here’s an interview by Abha Iyengar, exclusively for Different Truths, with Aabha Vatsa, who brings the winds of poetic change to Faridabad. Vatsa feels that we are living in times...
Mother of my Daughter
Ruchira recalls about her mother and how she was brought up. The wheel turned full circle. Now, she is a mother to her daughter. Here’s an interesting article on...
The Path of Life Connects to me
Here’s a poem about life. Aishwarya travels within and without, in this verse, in Different Truths. Strange is life, stranger is its ways, filled as much with mystery as...
Annual Nirvana
Rita’s poem shakes us from the complacency and the taken for granted attitude. Here’s the sensibility of a compassionate social activist, in verse, as a special feature, in Different...
The Bengali Fever called Durga Pujo
Anumita, our Managing Editor, travels back to her childhood days, in her nostalgic piece. She recalls the military-like-parade of six girls along with her Jethu and other interesting details,...
The Mother
Shail invokes Goddess Mother Durga, in a verse, in Different Truths Mother has come home visiting her children like she does every year for nine days in various forms...