2016 - Page 53 of 83 - Different Truths

June 14, 2016
Arindam Roy
Advocacy, Cover Story

Are Gods Deaf to the Wails of Widows?

Beginning with a personal journey into the world of Vriddhashram (old age homes), Arindam cites few case studies from the two temple towns of Vrindavan and Varanasi that houses 44,000 widows....

June 14, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Advocacy, Cover Story

Open Letter from an Ailing Mother to her Children in the US

Success has its price. An ailing old mother, staying by herself in a large house in Kolkata, writes a soulful letter to her successful and busy children, settled far way,...

June 13, 2016
Arindam Roy
Advocacy, Announcement, People

Elders Need Loving Care, not Isolation and Neglect

Elders have given us their all, every iota of their love and care. What do we give them in return, isolation, neglect and social ostracisation. Here’s a curtain raiser...

June 13, 2016
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Poem

A Yogi, a Brahmachari

An ascetic herself, Vatsala pays her tribute to a yogi and a Brahmachari (celibate) in this verse. I met a yogi, a Brahmachari, Little did he speak to me,...

June 13, 2016
Sudeshna Mukherjee
Poem

The Dark Monologue

The transformation into evil has been mapped in this enigmatic poem by Sudeshna. Accused of being evil Incarnation of the devil Don’t you know your own soul? I have...

June 13, 2016
Payal Lalwani
Relationship & Lifestyle

Celebrate Life and its Beauty

If we want silence and peace, shutting down the world (read realities) is not the solution. Self-denial is not the answer. Have we ever paused and pondered, why are millions...

June 12, 2016
Atindra Nath Das
Cover Story, Human Rights

One in Every Three Child Labourers in West Bengal is Illiterate

As World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL) knocks at the door, on-ground data suggests that it’s time the West Bengal state should review its strategies in order to reverse the...

June 12, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, People

1857 War of Independence, Loot of Resources and Nationalism

True nationalism and patriotism can only be based on freedom from foreign loot and Liaqat Ali stands tall as a symbol of Indian peoples’ struggle against the East India...

June 12, 2016
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

At the Namgyal Monastery

Deeya takes us to the serenity of monastery and weaves a beautiful story in this verse. At those shimmering heights fantasy gropes about in silver hairs weaving cobwebs of...

June 12, 2016
Saheli Mitra
Poem

Colour Me!

The celebrations of colours and its absence in the life of a woman in an evocative verse by Saheli. At the height of spring she had forever searched for colours...

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