Three Glasses of Wine
A plush villa, a luxurious life and hidden beneath it a life that’s futile. Harshali weaves an intense story of a woman who is trapped in her pain. But...
Pandemic Pushes Transgenders into Deprivation & Death
Shormita takes a hard look at the plight of the transgenders during the pandemic. These marginalised people are being pushed into deprivation and death. She advocates their cause, exclusively...
Women Cry for Dignity and Rights in Our Republic
Even after seven decades of framing our Constitution, the plight of women continues to be grossly deplorable, argues Ram Krishna. A Special Feature of the Republic Day, exclusively for...
And he Pulled up His Socks
Santosh BakayaReuel International Awardee [Poetry,2014], Setu Award for ‘stellar contribution to world literature’ [2018], Eunice Dsouza Award, 2023, [WE Literary Community], Santosh Bakaya, Ph.D., poet, essayist, novelist, biographer, TEDx...
The Haven
Madhumita talks of two inmates of an old age home, Sunanda and Manjula. While Sunanda made a voluntary decision and reasoned with her children, Manjula was cast away. The author...
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...
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...
Are we Better off Than our Mothers and Grandmothers?
Can financial independence of working women help her sail through the distress period, when their husbands die? They need support, care, love and togetherness too, which is missing, rues...
Asexual Kishori is a Devotee of Shree Radhe
Shormita profiles Kishori, an asexual person, who defies the heterosexual binary of the society. An exclusive for Different Truths. Lord Krishna, the invisible force, which is present in the...
Living with Stage-4 Cancer Indira Inspires to Defeat Disease & Death in her Memoir
Fast Forward to Hope: Choosing to Build the Power of Self by Indira Kaur Ahluwalia is an extraordinary new memoir about living with a Stage-4 metastatic cancer diagnosis. Niharika...