Shernaz Wadia

To Shernaz Wadia, reading and writing poems has been one of the means to embark on an inward journey. She hopes her words will bring peace, hope and light into dark corners. Her poems have been published in many e-journals and anthologies. She has published her own book of poems "Whispers of the Soul" and another titled "Tapestry Poetry - A Fusion of Two Minds" with her poetry partner Avril Meallem.

April 17, 2023
Shernaz Wadia
Science & Technology

The Interconnectedness of all Things

Our columnist, Shernaz finds an interconnectedness in various aspects of life. We are not just interconnected, we are interdependent and to take it further ‘we inter-are’, ‘interbeings’ as the...

December 15, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

He Believed. He Achieved

With hard work, grit and determination, a grief-stricken man believed and achieved. Shernaz profiles him in this verse – exclusively for Different Truths To the terrain that had battered...

December 5, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Gender, Human Rights

Why is it a Curse to be a Girl-child?

Shernaz fictionalises a real-life account where the daughter, a girl-child, in dire need of kidney transplant was left uncared for. No medical expenses were provisioned for her since she...

December 3, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

The Door Dark as Death

An evocative poem about death and solitude by Shernaz – exclusively for Different Truths. The door dark as death Stairs with no destination The forever fleeting feet of time...

October 31, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals

A Halloween Evening Gone Sour

Shernaz recreates the horror of Halloween in this story – exclusively for Different Truths. The lights had been blinking on and off for a while. Some fault with the...

August 1, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Criticism, Opinion

Blocking the Block

A critic had once said that writers worked in a harlotry medium. Writers faced double discontent – there were either too many words or none at all. When this deepens,...

May 24, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Mortality

A poem about dealing with grief and mortality, by Shernaz, exclusively for Different Truths. Do we become emotionally hyper in the grave of fossilised grief? Afraid of our mortality...

May 19, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Slit Gongs

A poem of despair and hope, by Shernaz, exclusively for Different Truths. my voice feeble as a whisper my words – straining against lies that are a daily staple...

May 11, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

A Plea

An evocative protest poem, by Shernaz, exclusively for Different Truths. rendered sightless by arrogant oratory suspended in a state of foolish denial swept off their feet, they cart-wheeled oblivious...

April 30, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Loneliness

Shernaz verses about loneliness, muse, creativity and more, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. A certain restlessness sands my spirit filing away at vivacity creating a vacant room...

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