Saranya Francis

Saranya is a multilingual poet penning poems in English, Hindi and Tamil. She is a social activist, freelance life skills and language trainer. She has two anthologies of poems. Her poetry is featured in reputed anthologies. She is the recipient of the Bharat Award for Literature (2018), Rabindranath Tagore Award (2017), and National Chanting Bards Award (2017). She has recently been conferred the Star Ambassador of World Poetry award at The World Poetry Conference 2019.

  • October 17, 2020
  • Saranya Francis
  • Poem

You Need a Form to Pray?

Saranya questions the form of a deity to pray. Nature in its formless beauty beacons her, in this verse, exclusively for Different Truths. A novice — I’m told by...
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  • October 7, 2020
  • Saranya Francis
  • Poem

Silence…

Saranya celebrates the strength and healing power of silence, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Earnest confessions and a helpless cryare measured in silence by the knowing eyeIn...
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  • October 1, 2020
  • Saranya Francis
  • Poem

On Freedom

An evocative dialogue between mother and daughter, on freedom, in this woman-centric, social awareness poem, by Saranya. An exclusive for Different Truths. “What’s the antonym for freedom?”She asked looking...
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  • October 26, 2019
  • Saranya Francis
  • Poem

I Bleed

An intense, evocative poem, on gender issue, by Saranya, exclusively for Different Truths. Don’t you see how I could, if I choose to, put an end to this bloodshed...
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