Melancholy - Different Truths

June 17, 2024
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

From Silence to Resilience!

Here’s an inward-looking, women-centric poem where Aishwarya talks of her voyage, her insecurities and strengths, for Different Truths. as I pondered in silence...my life reeled before mefrom when I’d...

January 19, 2023
Mohini Awasthi
Poem

Birds in Cages

A melancholic poem about a caged bird and its tormentor, by Mohini, exclusively for Different Truths. Don’t dwindle down that road Only the rare take it And I take...

May 10, 2021
Dr. Bina Biswas
Poem, Special Feature, Tribute

Organic Sensibility of Tagore

Bina tells us about the love of Nature in Tagore and compares it with Wordsworth. Nature was organic to both these poets. Here’s an interesting insight, as part of...

January 7, 2020
Basudeb Chakraborti
Poem

Ode to Rain

September 24, 2019
Ayub Khawar
Literature, Poem

The Poem Inscribes You

May 3, 2018
Rajinder Dutta
Defence

How We Returned from the Tunnel of Death!

The aircraft was fated for ditching, gliding straight along the channel south of the Cochin sailing club, the crew prepared for the SOP rehearsed live emergency and escape drills. As...

January 7, 2018
Dr. Preeti Talwar
Education & Career, Potpourri

Chasing Dreams I became a Butterfly!

It was three decades back choosing a career was a daunting task. Picking up the science stream was considered a privilege. It was like a herd mentality to pick...

October 13, 2017
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Tribute

Kishore Kumar: The Maverick Singer-Comedian Lives amongst his Fans

Ruchira pays a tribute to the maverick singer-comedian, Kishore Kumar, on his 30th death anniversary (Oct 13). This Friday, the 13th, need not be scary, as we remember the talented...

February 25, 2017
Different Truths
Book Club

A Window to her Dreams: Past Baggage and Turbulent Present Threaten Second Marriage

Aruna, a young divorcee, marries Bhuvan, an averagely successful young man who had a crush on her in college. Both make promises of ever after with preconceived expectations. But,...

February 11, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

The Impact of Industrialism: Thomas Hardy and D.G. Rossetti

Thomas Hardy does not belong to the Pre-Raphaelite Poets. But both Hardy and Rossetti experienced the poignant sufferings of the people after the Industrial Revolution in England. D. G. Rossetti who...

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