Plain Truths is a compilation of 40 poems by Arun Kumar with a painting by Anjolie Ela Menon as the cover. Says Shashi Tharoor about the author's poetry, " Arun's Plain Truths are found in social settings, the departure of a son for college, the cooking of a favourite hostess -- but also in the ideas of a scientist, the theorems of a mathematician and the life work of a poet. A rich and rewarding collection."