Pain - Different Truths

December 25, 2024
Sumita Bhattacharya
Poem

A Dialogue of Music, Pain, and Resilience

Sumita translates Rabindranath Tagore’s song ‘Agniveena bajao tumi kamon korey’, highlighting the relationship between creative inspiration and profound pain, exclusively for Different Truths. How you play the lyrethat lights...

December 10, 2024
Mona Vijaykar
Relationship & Lifestyle

Neglect in the Name of Love: A Growing Problem

Mona criticises the shift in power dynamics, highlighting women as perpetrators of abuse, often targeting in-laws, and calls for awareness and action, exclusively for Different Truths. There has been...

November 19, 2024
Mehzabeen Hussain
Poem

No Licks, No Bows

Mehzabeen’s poem explores individuality and authenticity, challenging conformity in a world that values flattery. It embraces unique perspectives, facing rejection and criticism, exclusively for Different Truths They don’t like...

June 22, 2024
Dr. Nabanita Sengupta
Book Review, Poem

Kafir’s Ghazals: A Spotlight on Love, Pain, and Self-Discovery

Nabanita reviews Rajorshi Patranabis’ Soliloquy: Ghazals, a literary work that explores themes of love, separation, pain, and loneliness, experimenting with verse form and vocabulary, exclusively for Different Truths. My...

April 22, 2024
Anika Ghei
Poem

A Happy Day

A poignant ballad, by Anika, about the pain, sufferings, ennui and the indifference – all a part of city life. An effective satire, exclusively for Different Truths. A happy...

April 16, 2024
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

Missing on a Weekend

A bold prose-poem of Deeya, in Different Truths, set in the urban settings and sensibilities of the 21st century. Weekends are subterfuges in love, desire, pain. They are the extra...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

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,...

November 28, 2023
Rajashree Mohapatra
Poem

Love: A Journey of Pain, Separation and Hope

In this evocative poem, Rajashree talks of lovebirds whispering secrets of pain and separation, while hope promises renewed fate, exclusively for Different Truths. When the night reels in silence....

November 20, 2023
Nilakshi Roy
Poem

When a Big Tree Fell

Nilakshi’s poem about the fall of a big tree acquires a new dimension. Simple and soulful verse, it operates at many layers. My mother often saidWhen a big tree...

August 24, 2023
Aishwarya Damodar
Poem

Lost Realm

Here’s a poem by Aishwarya that depicts the trial and tribulations of life’s journey and the final destination, for Different Truths. I feel at times I am not me...

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