A Child Lost in his Special World
The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...
A Tranquil Day in Mussoorie’s Verdant Hills
Mussoorie awakens from frosty slumber, crowned by a sunrise goblet spilling gold, to a day woven from mountain majesty in Dr Amrinder’s poem, exclusively for Different Truths. The morning...
Hills
Melancholy and music blend gently in this verse by Dr Jyothsnaphanija – exclusively for Different Truths. Today I have enough melancholy to make love Somewhere flow of darbari kanada Is heard. Some...
Coorg: Neelakurinji Flowers, Pepper Vines, Coffee Plantations & More
Sarika takes us on a tour of beautiful Coorg with its pepper vines, coffee plantations, and rare Neelakurinji flowers that bloom once in 12 years. She also tells us...
Caught amidst Fierce Rain in Chail
With lightning flashes and thunder in the background taking shelter under the trees didn’t seem advisable. Anyway, we were reluctant to leave the track and enter the dark woods....
A Scaffolding of Love
Here’s an intense and powerful women-centric poem by Mamta that celebrates her love despite countless sufferings, for Different Truths. Throbbing with exhaustion and pain Cramped muscles ache for rest...
Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Magical Flute – LVI
Nilanjana recounts the tale of Krishna’s magical flute from the Bhagavatam, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. Parikshit asked, “If bhakti (devotion) is the road to moksha (liberation), then Krishna’s contemporaries...
Sliver of Memories
An inward-looking, evocative verse by Mamta, in Different Truths. She tells us that in this ephemeral, ever-changing world, something doesn’t change. Like migratory birds I return home to the...
A Drive through the Clouds
Ipsita celebrates the beauty of majestic hills wrapped in a veil of light drizzle. Imagine the hills As twilight descends And the clouds come down To settle on the...