September, 2021 - Different Truths

September 18, 2021
Dr. Nabanita Sengupta
Book Review, Poem

To Trip, Climb, or Circle: A Poet’s Engagement With Life & the World

Nabanita reviews Trips Climbs Circles, an anthology of sixty poems, by Madhu Sriwastav. An exclusive for Different Truths. Genre: Poetry Poet: Madhu Sriwastav Pages: 90 Meena Alexander once wrote,...

September 17, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Migration & Diaspora, Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

For the Ashes of my Father and the Temples of my Gods*

Dr. Roopali tells us about voyages to distant lands. Her father’s family left Dhaka during his childhood. It stayed with him. A highly decorated Air Force officer, her Rakhi...

September 17, 2021
Arindam Roy
Fiction, Short Story

Khuni Khan Jheel: Is the Lake in the Ridge Truly Haunted?

Students of Delhi University, particularly in the North Delhi campus, have heard strange tales from their seniors about the Khuni Khan Jheel, the haunted lake within the wooded Ridge. Twenty five...

September 17, 2021
Shivani Singh
Poem

A Story About Two Runaway Children

A poignant poem, by Shivani, about crime against children. For the two children, an escape from home was a journey from the frying pan to the fire. An exclusive...

September 16, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Migration & Diaspora

Migration & Spirituality: Travelling Gods, the Voyage Within

When people migrate to distant lands, their faith, belief, and Gods travel with them. Dr. Deepanita maps the spiritual journey, exclusively for Different Truths. Spirituality is peaceful. It is...

September 16, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Poem

Dreaming Dhaka on the River Buri-Ganga

Memories of people, boatmen, food, songs, a river, encapsulates the agony of a migrant father, in this poem, by Dr. Roopali. An exclusive for Different Truths. When you grow...

September 15, 2021
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Health, Technology

Using Home Cameras to Monitor the Elderly

Rita tells us how technology can be used to take care of the elderly. Patient Safety day is on September 17. A Special Feature exclusively for Different Truths. We’ve...

September 15, 2021
Deeya Bhattacharya
Poem

The Attic: Reliving its Story

An evocative poem about the attic and old age from Deeya Robbed she stands, bearing scars all over her putrid skin; dust-settled fungi-smeared; stale from the air over yester-years...

September 14, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Guest Blog, Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Indian Apartheid: A Different Colour Blindness

Soumya rues about the prevalent Indian Apartheid, discriminating people based on skin colour. An analysis for Different Truths. In our childhood we read the school stories of Billy Bunter,...

September 14, 2021
Dr. Molly Joseph
Poem

Who Shall Command the Skylark Not to Sing[i]…

An evocative and poignant poem, by Dr. Molly, celebrating nature and hope, exclusively for Different Truths. Sing it must, the skylark facing the sun, ...

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