• September 7, 2023
  • Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh

Paan: A Tradition Under Fire

Paan significantly influences India’s culture, influencing gastronomy, hospitality, and everyday life, but its use has caused spit stains in public spaces, observes Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths. The life...

Burn, but no Ordinary Way!

An evocative poem, by Monika, where the poet identifies with burning, exclusively for Different Truths. Fire…just an ordinary,loves to glister,and dance on herown tunes.No heedof what burns;no thoughtof her...
  • June 14, 2022
  • Ketaki Mazumdar

Fire has a Magic

A love poem, by Ketaki, exclusively for Different Truths. The fire has a magic, all its own. In the crackling, in the hissing are emotions, Captured and contained in...
  • February 23, 2022
  • Anumita Roy

May Light Precede Footsteps

Anumita talks about Saptapadi(1). The groom leads three circumambulations around the fire but from the fourth, the bride leads. Seven vows unite them for seven lives. May your light precede...