The Right Shade of Feminism
Feminism has many layers of meaning. Tooba critiques it, saying that with concepts like feminism, it is sad that much of what it never stood for is now attributed...
Love: Transcending Space & Time in an Eternity
Leena’s passionate poem expresses a lover’s yearning, transcending physical realms and expressing unspoken desires, in the Special Feature, exclusively for Different Truths. Whether my face appears in autumn flowers,...
Focus: Three Clock Towers Capture the Essence of Time
Towering clock faces, like Grantchester’s Church Clock, Bangalore’s St Andrew’s Church Clock and Toronto’s Soldiers’ Tower symbolise history, time flow, and the past, reminding us of the future’s possibilities,...
Finding Freedom in the Now
A profound exploration of reality and the path to enlightenment awaits in Harinder’s poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Here today, gone tomorrow... The world is an illusion, The Tethys...
Makar Sankranti: A Pan-Indian Solar Festival Celebrating Bounty
Makar Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names. It is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, Bihu in Assam, Magha...
Love in the Grasp of Merciless Time
A reflective poem by Francesco explores the voice carved from granite and seasoned with starlight, time narrates the symphony of existence, exclusively for Different Truths. The voice of time...
Yummy Motorshutir Kochuri, a Winter Delicacy
Motoshutir kochuri (pea-filled puffs) are winter delicacies in Bengali homes. Anumita shares the traditional recipe made by her ma (mother), in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Winter is...
Shadows Leave Their Mark on the Pages of Time
Sudipta’s poem delves into the captivating dance of shadows that gracefully weave through bleak landscapes, exclusively for Different Truths. Something that follows me Everywhere I go A faithful fellow...
The Odyssey of Life: Beyond Trials and Tribulations
Here’s Ritambhara evocative poem about life and faith in God, in Different Truths. In the blink of an eye, everything rejiggered The world that existed a second ago, is...
Gift Box
Here’s an inward looking, woman-centric poem from Sushmita. An evocative poem for Different Truths. Even though,I am no one,Or nothing,To you,Strangely,I became,Your gift box,That keeps,Giving. You marvel,At my giving,And at...