War and Peace: Russia and Ukraine
1. The month of Valentine, That has in war ended, Let’s pray today, Those broken homes, And broken hearts, Of all innocent victims With time will heal, And soon...
Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...
Wondrous Women
Dr. Shikha celebrates womanhood. She remembers the sheroes, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. A desperate Savitri defying the curse of death Forced the unheeding Yam to revive...
War
A powerful and poignant protest poem, by Rituparna, exclusively for Different Truths. Why should not I if I have that power? It is my nature to steal and snatch....
Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore
Tagore rested on his desire for a far-off planet, listened to the invitation of a dream and did not allow the spaceship to rust. His journeys and envisagements, however,...
Of War and Destruction
A dark poem, about war and destruction, by Suchismita, exclusively for Different Truths. All I can visualise is a hungry world, Ready to throttle the mankind, From its very...
India: A Rich Country of Poor People
India, a country of 125 crores, still has 300 million people living in extreme poverty. Half of the country’s population is reaching the poverty line. Anubrota critiques the Indian...
