An Ode to Hinglish
Languages evolve and transform with time and usage (read misuse and abuse too). Ruchira tells us about the advent of Hinglish, a new kind of lingo, where English has...
Hypnotism
Here’s a political poem by Kabir that lays bare the schemes by those in power, in Different Truths. Larger, engulfing voids are being hidden With a bunch of small...
Does the World Really Deserve Democracy?
Mahima asks if we deserve Democracy, in her regular column, exclusively in Different Truths. I pen this piece in times, which I feel are dark times of Democracy, whether...
We are the Living Dead!
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, Farheen asks some pertinent questions and wonders where is the secular India that the Founding Fathers of our liberation had...
Freedom! Woman, you hold your Key
Mahima was inspired by her cousin to pen this poem. Most of the women are chained to their thoughts. They have to set their minds free first. A tribute...
Friends: The Precious Wealth that Money Cannot Buy!
Friends are an inestimable treasure. Age difference, generation gap etc. are not a bar; friendship is the meeting of two minds and hearts that understand, love and accepts each...
I Urge You…
Here’s an intense love poem by Anca that transcends from the personal realm to the universal and cosmic levels. A lyric with epic proportions, in Different Truths. To...
Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas
Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...
Getting Married: A Sudh Filmy Romance
Humourist Soumya tells us all about the trial and tribulations of a Bong getting married to a Sardar girl, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Having posted...
My Mother is a Tribute to a Cancer Patient who battled with Fortitude
Subhrajyotri details the year-long struggle of his mother against Cancer. He talks about the doctors who tried their best to help her revive. Here’s a soulful tribute by a...