The poem A Different Story was written by Sujata Bhatt and tells how the culture, language and identities of the colonizers affected the values, culture, religion and India. spirituality. The first stanza focuses on respect for religion and education, as well as Indian culture, while the second stanza highlights how language and colonizers destroy this culture and values. This poem also focuses on the fact that language plays a crucial role in establishing national identity, connecting people of the same nation through a common history and a shared culture (of which language is a part). The poem contains various literary techniques and explores several themes, the main one being the meaning of language. In the first stanza, the poem depicts Indian culture as spiritual and religiously oriented, and its attitude towards books and knowledge sacred and respectful. In the first line of the poem, "Great Pan", the Roman god of nature and fertility, is mentioned to introduce us to Indian beliefs in multiple deities and to set the scene for the natural/spiritual theme of the first stanza. In Indian culture, spirituality and religion are much more important than in Western countries, and Bhatt emphasized this with the phrase "Here the gods roam freely", where the use of the word "here" suggests that this is not the case in other countries. . Furthermore, the poem tells us that in India, animals are considered close to heaven and gods take all forms, hence “[the gods are] disguised as serpents or monkeys; every tree is sacred and it is a sin to be rude to a book,” because gods are present in both living and inanimate objects. Everything has a spiritual connection, and so harming an object means...... middle of paper ...... the poet explores the meaning of language in this poem using India as an example. The importance of language as an art and weapon, as a means of sharing culture and identity, is depicted in this poem in several ways, primarily by describing the culture and spiritual values ​​of the India, as well as the negative effect of the suppression of the Indian language on its culture. history and about suppressing one's national identity, in combination with the use of descriptive language as well as literary techniques, to better convey the overall message of the poem. I believe that the meaning of language is explored in depth in A Beautiful Story, and that this poem captures the impact that language has on culture in an interesting way with a historical touch of seriousness, and provides broad ground for further deliberations on its meaning. .Works CitedA Different Story - Sujata Bhatt