News in Verse - Different Truths

December 14, 2024
Shail Raghuvanshi
News in Verse

Focus: An Unexpected Adventure in Banana Art, Sardinia & Nostradamus 2025

Shail explores the absurdity of art, the anxieties surrounding global politics, and the allure of escape, exclusively for Different Truths. Duct taped on wall A prank, was it?Or a...

October 23, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Cinema, Health, News, Poem, Potpourri, Protest

Pothole Puja, Onion Warpath, Syrian Wildfire, & Props Kill

Shail reviews the news of the week in verse. Bengaluru witnessed a unique rangoli protest and a warning for the CM, in the US, after Covid, a Salmonella attack was...

October 16, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Animal Rights, Cinema, Gender, News, Poem, Religion, Sports

The Gender-Neutral Game, Drug Storm in Bollywood, A Dog’s Life, & Fake Belief Brought to Justice

Laced with wit and humour, Shail looks at the recent news to cast these in verse, be it the world of cricket which is becoming progressively gender-neutral, drugs in...

September 18, 2021
Shail Raghuvanshi
Education, News, Pandemic, Poem, Relationship & Lifestyle

Back to Teeth-Grinding Basics, No Comfort Zone This, Cheap Chinese Subsidies, Hide n’ Seek

Shail weaves news in verse for the week. From Covid-19 to a girl in a gown for exams, Chinese subsidies for babies and lovers hide for 10 years before...

February 25, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Economy, Potpourri

Modi vs. Modi, From Chicken Soup to Indian Marriage Vows, Alone on Valentine, Pumpisthan the Evil Eye

Nirav Modi, in connivance with bank officials and political masters, left a $1.8 billion hole in Punjab National Bank’s books. Taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of this...

February 11, 2018
Shail Raghuvanshi
Potpourri, Religion, Travel & Food

Feel the Jail, Ice Chunks Fall from Skies, Temple Idol Goes Savvy, Shikkari Shambu Sued

The Telangana prison department runs the unique jail tourism programme called ‘Feel the Jail’ where anyone can stay for 24 hours inside the Sangareddy Prison, built during the Nizam...

December 10, 2017
Shail Raghuvanshi
Crime, Gender, Politics, Religion

Dawood Depressed, Dawn of a New Son, Peak XV Everest, and From Akhila to Hadiya

The Mafia don Dawood’s only son has become a Maulana. Is he paying for his father’s sin, who is depressed with his son’s decision? The gharana politics is so...