2021 - Different Truths

December 30, 2021
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story, Special Feature

Incredible Love

Here’s a Sudden Fiction by Srinagar-based Muddasir. He weaves the complexities of love between two people. We are introducing a regular column, Sudden Fiction*, exclusively in Different Truths. ...

December 30, 2021
Urooj Murtaza
Short Story, Special Feature

The Emerald Ring

Here’s an interesting love story in the backdrop of the partition of India. Urooj captures the tensions of the lovers belonging to different faiths. She also vividly describes the...

December 30, 2021
Sutapa Basu
Fiction, Novella, Special Feature

Dangle is a Journey, not Destination, of Facing Secrets and Overcoming Fears

Stunning, svelte, smart Ipshita is a globetrotter. She treks across the world to gather bytes for the travel chats she designs and hosts for TV channels. Despite being a self-assured...

December 29, 2021
Dr Ashish Kumar Gupta
Pandemic, Short Story, Special Feature

In the Flummoxed State of Covid-19

December 29, 2021
Meenakshi
LGBTQIA+, Short Story, Special Feature

Kiran

Meenakshi tells us about Kiran, a transgender. She shows us the conflicts, trials and tribulations of such a person, who feels trapped in the body of another sex. Here’s...

December 29, 2021
Dr Jayita Sengupta
Short Story, Special Feature

Mandaravas

An enigmatic story that unfolds itself through metaphors and images, talking of dreams and desires, of love and lust and the quintessence of womanhood. This story is a part of the...

December 29, 2021
Sumita Dutta
Fiction, Special Feature

Trifle

Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

December 28, 2021
Meenakshi
Book Extract, Fiction, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Meenakshi’s story about a gay couple explores the subtleties and nuances of emotional relationship between them. It’s one of the six stories from her recently published book, ‘Love: Beautiful & Unrequited’....

December 28, 2021
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction, Special Feature

Raag Jhanjhavati

Here’s a story about Madhumalati’s marriage with musically illiterate Satish Mohan, who called her ‘Raaga Jhanjhavati’, given her temper and fuss. Through various twists and turns, they land in...

December 28, 2021
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Fiction, Gender, Health, Special Feature

A Spurious Existence

Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...

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