His Story
Here’s an intriguing short story by Aparajita, exclusively in Different Truths. Emotions add colour to old buildings, giving them the energy to thrive the blows of time. The sundry...
The Rule of Ego
Here’s an inward looking love poem by Anoucheka, for Different Truths. The verse examines the paradoxes of ego. She finds resolution in the ego that is often decried by one...
Who will Save Sati?
Here’s a poem based on a true story on how Harsh saved a woman from being burnt alive in the name of a superstitious ritual named ‘Sati Pratha’ that...
The Supernova
Lopamudra’s dedication to the icon of Goddess Durga, the creative feminine force at the core of our religious, cultural and mythological milieu, is a poem that attempts to transcend...
F**k Honesty!
It’s an era when reporters are called upon to be fixers. They have to do the dirty jobs. Those who cannot, like the protagonist, Badshah, are ejected out of...
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,...
God of Everything Falls
Lovita J. R. MorangLovita J R Morang is a Karmaveer Chakra Awardee, iCongo, United Nations. Awarded Filmmaker, artiste, writer, and a poet. Twenty-six anthologies of short stories and poems,...
The Girl Who Married a Stranger
Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...
A Gold Watch of the Bishop, a Stick of the Gardener and the Train
A Bishop had blamed the son of the gardener for stealing his gold wristwatch. The gardener too had beaten his son blue-black. Was the boy a thief? A story...
Caught amidst Fierce Rain in Chail
With lightning flashes and thunder in the background taking shelter under the trees didn’t seem advisable. Anyway, we were reluctant to leave the track and enter the dark woods....