News in Verse - Different Truths

March 29, 2025
Shail Raghuvanshi
News in Verse, Poem

Focus: Violation of Wit, Biodegradable Mannequins, and Baby Export

Shail Raghuvanshi talks in her weekly News in Verse column about wit violated, about Erode mannequins and South Korean babies. Do have a read. Freedom of thought violated. Again...

March 15, 2025
Shail Raghuvanshi
News in Verse, Poem

Focus: Occult Scams, Train Hijacking, and Sambhal Discord

Shail explores the disastrous outcome of an age obsessed with negativity using methods like hijacking a train, using occult to satiate desire for wealth and a festival taken for...

March 8, 2025
Shail Raghuvanshi
News in Verse, Poem

In The New: Love of Gold, Space Station Controversy, Tibetan Rapper

Shail explores the ill effects of greed in the glamour world, Musk’s influence in space, and theTibetan creative longing via music, exclusively for Different Truths. For the love of...

February 8, 2025
Shail Raghuvanshi
News, News in Verse, Poem

Indian Experience: A Focus on Triumph, Tragedy, and Transformation

Shail explores diverse aspects of the Indian experience: the challenges of immigration, the triumphs of artistic achievement, and the dangers of unchecked online health advice, exclusively for Different Truths....

January 25, 2025
Shail Raghuvanshi
News in Verse, Poem

Focus: Global Stories of Triumph, Struggle, and Controversy

Shail explores India’s Kho-kho triumph, the tragic reality of Iraqi child marriage, and the ethical dilemmas surrounding birthright citizenship policies, exclusively for Different Truths. India Kho-kho World Champions From...

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...

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