• September 29, 2016
  • Anoucheka Gangabissoon

A New Morning

Anoucheka welcomes the dawn, the beginning of a new morning, evocatively in this verse, for Different Truths. A fresh morning With a new born sun With droplets of dew on...

Throb in my Vein

Strange are the twists and turns of life. Here the protagonist of Anumita’s story finds herself caught in layers of whirlwinds, of storms raging within her. She blanks out and...
  • July 4, 2016
  • Joyce Yarrow

The Detective and the Poet

The mystery writer and the poet in Joyce tells us what’s the brief of either in this interesting verse. The detective runs down digs up uncovers exposes and brings to...
  • May 21, 2016
  • Mamta Joshi

No Homecoming Ever

Three perspectives of an evocative poem by Mamta. A dinner thrown as farewell The guests lovingly swell Ambience, menu perfect The bar too well laced The mood quasi-festive A...

A day in a Madrasa

Nirmal, a human rights activist, had a firsthand experience of working in a Madrasa, in Varanasi. He recounts his experiences to Different Truths. In 2008, PVCHR worked with Madrasa to...

How did the Leap Year Begin?

AG Brace reveals the story of the Leap Year. He explains how the Julian calendar differs from the Gregorian calendar. February 29 is truly a remarkably dauntless attempt by Julius Caesar...