K. S. Subramanian

K.S. Subramanian has published two volumes of poetry titled Ragpickers and Treading on Gnarled Sand through the Writers Workshop, Kolkata, India. His poem ‘Dreams’ won the cash award in Asian Age, a daily published from New Delhi. He has been featured in MuseIndia. His poems and short stories have also appeared in magazines, anthologies and web sites run at home and abroad. He is a retd. Senior Asst. Editor from The Hindu, India.

September 14, 2022
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Call of the Last Dirge

Here’s a poignant elegy by Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. Away from the mundane groans of the day, stereotyped chatter and blasé outpourings! Life beats around them, as would...

November 13, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Aging Gracefully

A poignant poem, by Subramanian, about aging gracefully, exclusively for Different Truths. Ease into the evening of life, a time honoured idiom; Grey hairs alone do not uncover the...

October 28, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Time Makes a Call

An evocative poem, by Subramanian, about nature, exclusively for Different Truths. Spring’s verdure slowly ebbed before summer’s breath snuffed It out; Time’s footfall tip-toed a message – “Life’s curves...

September 24, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

The Past is Gone

Subramanian rues about the changing landscape of Chennai, in this nostalgic poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Chennai’s landscape is changing faster beyond the raising of the brows; A fusion...

September 13, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Varuna

A poignant poem about nature and man, by Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. This ancient city waits for monsoon With bated breath, thwarted often; Now the sky is kinder,...

September 6, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Termites and the Clone

An evocative, dark poem, by Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. A long trek down the boulevards – soft, silken breeze caressing arms, traffic gliding silently like the crowds, –...

August 23, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

Cosmic Silence Murkier than the Golden Triangle

The mystery and enigma of cosmic silence intrigues. A verse by KS Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. Paradoxes way to the kernel of truth? So have space-watchers gone on;...

August 16, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

My Tryst with the Spry Squirrel

An evocative poem about a squirrel, with reference in the Ramayana, exclusively for Different Truths I watched the spry squirrel scamper away hearing my footfall, its ear turned to...

July 31, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Governance

Battle it Out

A poem of struggles, hope and yearning, by Subramanian, exclusively for Different Truths. I yearn for those days of winter-laden November when we had the cold blanket of cares and...

July 14, 2021
K. S. Subramanian
Poem

In These Spiked Times…

An evocative poem by Subramanian celebrates the change of seasons and the beauty of nature, exclusively for Different Truths. May’s heat, in these spiked times, Sends pulse on a...

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