Dr Pragya Bajpai

Dr Pragya Bajpai, Ph.D. is a poet, editor, and academic serving at the National Defence Academy, Pune. She is a postgraduate from Lucknow University and has received her PhD in English Literature from Banaras Hindu University, India. She has authored two collections of poems titled A Potpourri of Proverbs (2021) and Conversation on Cue (2023), co-authored with Shefali Nautiyal. She has edited five anthologies celebrating the armed forces.

August 22, 2024
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Special Feature

The Ultimate Escape: Commander Tomy’s Journey to Self-Discovery

On the 78th Independence Day, Pragya Bajpai shared a Naval Officer’s adventurous journey across oceans, highlighting the challenges and triumphs of exploring limitless seas, exclusively for Different Truths. The...

September 2, 2023
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Book Review

Delving into the Profoundness of Existence with Haiku

Dr Pragya reviews a book, forget-me-nots, by Srinivasa Rao Sambhangi, exclusively for Different Truths. Srinivasa Rao Sambhangi’s haiku and senryu collection, forget -me-nots published by Hawakal Publishers, 2022 is highly...

October 11, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

Can Envy be Hidden?

The price of success is heavy, feels Dr Pragya in this autobiographical poem exclusively for Different Truths. The day I won, much to others' disappointment it began to burn...

September 24, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

Many Shades of Silence

An evocative poem by Dr Pragya, wherein she explores the many shades of silence – exclusively for Different Truths. If silence stands for peace then why does it always...

August 31, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

Heaven’s Gateway

In this poignant poem, Dr Pragya deals with the tangible-intangible dualities of the mind, exclusively for Different Truths. I'm on my way back to Pune The luggage is full...

August 12, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

Antique Watch

An evocative poem by Dr Pragya, a tribute to an elder, exclusively for Different Truths. My antique watch stopped ticking today I gently pat its face as always Hope...

August 4, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

The Memory of my First Bus Ride

An urban sensibility and a social concern find expression in an evocative poem by Dr Pragya, exclusively for Different Truths. The memory of my first bus ride is intense...