The Day I Gave Up Football
Soumya walks down the memory lane. He tells us of his younger days, a time when he captained a locality football team. What happened under his maiden captaincy? An...
For the Ashes of my Father and the Temples of my Gods*
Dr. Roopali tells us about voyages to distant lands. Her father’s family left Dhaka during his childhood. It stayed with him. A highly decorated Air Force officer, her Rakhi...
Our Sand Castles Feeble & Strong
An enigmatic poem, by Sarala, about love, its loss and regain, exclusively for Different Truths. Remember our childhood days When we ran to the seashore To make sandcastles Sometimes...
Do Parents Love and Support their Children?
Mani walks down the memory lane and tells us how she and her friend, as little girls, did something that now looks scary. From this week, we are introducing...
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...
Where’re Those Toys & Lost Time?
Ruchira takes us into the days of childhood and toys. The lost days of innocence and simple joys. An exclusive for Different Truths. I have seen more than fifty...
A Borderless World
A boy ridiculed was indeed one with a utopian view, says Harinder, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. People called him insane He was teased as a ‘boy...
Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World
The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...
Kolkata Calls
Soumya walks down the memory lane and tells us about the Boy, the protagonist, and his growing up days. An interesting account for Different Truths. The news created a...
Boy and a Strange World Called School!
Soumya tells us about the strange world of the Boy’s life, the ordeals of school and his aversion to it. An exclusive for Different Truths. Going to school Boy...