April 4, 2025

Kalpana Singh-Chitnis

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis is an Indian American poet, writer, and filmmaker known for her five collections and numerous publications. Her latest collection, "Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava," has been translated into Ukrainian by Volodymyr Tymchuk. Singh-Chitnis has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has been selected to go to the moon with NASA's missions in 2023. Widely anthologised, her sixth poetry collection, "Trespassing My Ancestral Lands," is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.

August 11, 2023
Kalpana Singh-Chitnis
Poem

Lala, my Rikshawala

Kalpana’s poem explores privilege and inequality in her hometown, where Lala, a rickshaw puller, drives her to school, exclusively for Different Truths. Hurry, hurry! Lala, my Rikshawala hollers. He...

June 22, 2023
Kalpana Singh-Chitnis
Poem

Indus-Hind: Beloved India and Sindh

In this intense narrative poem, Kalpana talks about India and Sindh, displaying ancient power, enduring magnificence, and resilience in their civilisations – exclusively for Different Truths. With the first light...

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Lala, my Rikshawala

Indus-Hind: Beloved India and Sindh

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