February 23, 2025

Literature

May 17, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Short Story

The Gap

In this women-centric short story, Maya shows the generation gap between daughter-in- law and mother-on- law. How they are from different worlds, different times. The resolution is heart-warming. She has her...

May 17, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

Maya / The Backwaters

Here are two poems of Lily. The first one Maya is a tongue-in- cheek view of the various illusions of life. Her second poem, The Backwaters, transports us to beauteous Kerala....

May 15, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Love’s Flavour Lost

Mamta explores the essence of family on the UN International Families Day (May 15), exploring the changing values and mores. Here’s Different Truths’ Special Feature on the UN International Day of...

May 15, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

Fleeing from Fears?

An evocative poem by Lily. She talks of fears here. Fears perched like petrified flies on a jaggery heap Fears like the whirlpool In a muddy monsoon puddle Choking...

May 13, 2016
Inca Write
Short Story

The Poetry Leprechaun

Here’s Inca Write’s short story for Different Truths. I met Kevin one evening when darkness pulled a blind over the dusty window panes of the male ward. I did not...

May 13, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Poem

Broken

A heart-wrenching poem by Maya. There’s fire in the chulha Daal simmers thereupon She watches it intent Lost somewhere… Screams all of a sudden as if pulled out of...

May 11, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Short Story

Pushpa

Here’s a short story by Maya for Different Truths. She looked substantially fine but for the over-ripened complexion and a little rowdiness in all her movements that perhaps she got...

May 11, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Poem

The Dicey World of Showbiz

Mamta showcases the razzamatazz and the sleaze of the showbiz. Lights! Camera! Action! An opulent set in a suburban film studio A flurry of commotion Nervous raw energy Junior...

May 10, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Poem

Vaginas don’t have Homes/Dream of Apples

Two sisters, Dishani Roy and Ritamvara Bhattacharya, compose poems in sync. Here’s a jugalbandi of two intense poets and their poetry of protest. A Different Truths exclusive. Vaginas don’t have...

May 7, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Poem

Peace-I

Here’s a jugalbandi in two poems by Ritamvara (as daughter) and Ipsita (as mother). They have been composing poems in sync with each other. Here are two poems by two...

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