The Magic for My Soul
Farheen is a moon lover. Her endless monologues with the moon made her realise that her secrets are well-guarded. A selenophile, she likes all the eight phases of the moon. Her...
Holi in the Land of Radha-Krishna
A happy go lucky photographer, Satadal shares his experience of shooting Holi pictures in the Braj Bhumi – the land of Radha, Krishna, Dauji and Gopis. It was a sheer...
A Poem on Everything that Cuts
An intense poem by Poornima, in Different Truths, that talks of the territorial nature of man, and more Have you seen a marked territory? A border that defines what...
The Critic
Arindam analyses how an artiste and a critic view a work of art, which has a complex relationship with the landscape of its time. A true critic is as inspired...
Living Without a Watch
Sunil talks about living without his watch. He unravels ‘time’ for a historian. Twenty four moons have waned since I last wore a watch, and I’d feel distinctly inconvenienced...
Drawn Close by Time
Here’s a love poem in an urban sensibility, by Sushant, exclusively for Different Truths. An image, A voice I grow old with time Turning the pages of books Slowly,...
Evening Shades
An evocative poem about the passage of time, the evening of one’s life, by Dr. Roopali, exclusively for Different Truths. Slowly wearily almost without a whisper Evening came upon...
Diets, Alcohol and Millionaires
Here’s a tongue-in-cheek account on how our diets and alcohol affect our longevity, and how the rich and the famous lived and died, by Dr. Kulmeet. He dispels many...
chains, choices, chances, change … considering Women’s Day
A newborn does not care about the mother’s credentials, caste, class, culture, creed or colour — only that the mother’s arms are strong, her hands supportive and gentle, that there is...
Intransigent
Molly explores the many layers and dimensions of time, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. I am time intransigent... don’t try to time me out... in tandem with...