The poem A Different History was written by Sujata Bhatt and talks about how the culture, language and identities of the colonizers influenced the values, culture, India's religion and India's spirituality. The first stanza focuses on respect for Indian religion, education and culture, while the second stanza highlights how the 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, linking people of the same nation together through a common history and shared culture (of which language is a part). The poem contains various literary techniques and explores multiple themes, the main one being the meaning of language. In the first stanza, the poem describes Indian culture as spiritual and religiously oriented, and its attitude towards books and knowledge as sacred and respectful. In the opening 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 highlights 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 the gods are said to take on every form, so “[the gods are] disguised as snakes or monkeys; every tree is sacred and it is a sin to be rude to a book,” since the gods are present in both living and inanimate objects. Everything has a spiritual connection, and therefore harming an object means… middle of paper… the poet explores the meaning of language in this poem using India as an example. The significance of language as an art and a weapon, as a means of sharing culture and identity is represented in this poem in many ways, mainly by describing the culture and spiritual values ​​of India and the negative effect that the removal of the Indian language has on its culture, history and on the removal of his national identity, combined with the use of descriptive language and 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 History and that this poem captures the impact that language has on culture in an interesting way with a historical twist of seriousness and provides ample ground for further reflection on its meaning. .Works CitedA Different Story - Sujata Bhatt