A Change…
A poem of love and hope, by Rajashree, exclusively for Different Truths. All secrets are like deep wells Never say, it is too late Each moment brings another chance...
Trifle
Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....
A Spurious Existence
Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...
Using Home Cameras to Monitor the Elderly
Rita tells us how technology can be used to take care of the elderly. Patient Safety day is on September 17. A Special Feature exclusively for Different Truths. We’ve...
The Punishment
A young student had to face punishment because he had spoken against the corrupt principal. Stanslaus tells us about the deep-rooted corruption in schools in Tanzania. A Different Truths...
Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...
Mahaguru and Mahatma: A Reflection on the Relationship between Tagore and Gandhi
There were many striking contrasts between these two personalities. Yet they found some common chord and there began a friendship which lasted till Tagore’s death in 1941. As...
What a Changed World Order!
A tiny Coronavirus changed the world order, says Dr. Shikha, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. As dust sits down and roads snarl bare, Spitting fire around death...
The Taste
Sherin, a young non-verbal autistic person, delves deep into the meaning of life, in this inward-looking poem, exclusively for Different Truths. Two glasses of milk on the tableOne a...
