• April 22, 2024
  • Anika Ghei

A Happy Day

A poignant ballad, by Anika, about the pain, sufferings, ennui and the indifference – all a part of city life. An effective satire, exclusively for Different Truths. A happy...
  • May 30, 2023
  • Sumita Dutta

A Tale of Two Statues

An intense ballad, the fury of nature and an old woman, in this verse by Sumita, in Different Truths. “The Old Woman’s escaping!” reported my sons. The flood water...
  • October 19, 2021
  • Soumya Mukherjee

The Hunted Songbird

A poignant and evocative ballad about a songbird, by Soumya, is about the virtues and vice of nature. An allegory for Different Truths. The songbird trilled happily in the...
  • April 15, 2021
  • Krish Raghuram

The United States of Ballad

An evocative poem, by Krish, about the US, exclusively for Different Truths. NY lures, NY burns Hard workers and Restaurant Urns NJ Hums and NJ scores Sinatra’s Hoboken to...
  • November 19, 2017
  • Sarala Balachandran

Masquerade

Here’s a ballad from Sarala about the sensuousness of a woman, ready to unmask and take revenge, in Different Truths. Don’t take me for granted  She swayed her curvaceous...