Poonam pays tribute to a Catholic nun, who taught them at school, exclusively for Different Truths.

She was a German Catholic nun

In an Indian Girls Convent school

Teaching English Literature and Language

In all the three sections of Class Eighth.

Each Section had twenty-six students

She knew all the seventy-eight by names and faces.


She would come to the class

And shuffle all of us.                                            

Made the backbenchers sit on the front seats…

And the front-seaters were moved to the last row.



She would pick one student in each class,

And pave a path into her personal orbit

With her powerful intuition guide.



Being her student,

As Shamans say,

I apply the same “Medicine”

As I practice Tarot Reading today.

By shuffling the pack of 78 tarot cards,

Memorising and identifying each one of them…

Pulling out one at a time

Diving deep into their radius…

Coming out with insightful vision…

Visual by Different Truths

Poonam Chawla Sood

Poonam Chawla Sood is a bilingual Indian author and translator known for her published work in various journals and anthologies across the globe. She is the founder chairperson of Gulzar Sahitya Samiti (established 1998). She has published two poetry collections in Hindi, one poetry collection in English and two translations. She has received many national awards. She is regularly broadcast on All India Radio, Ayodhya. Two of her books are in the process of publication.

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