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 the financial independence of working women help them sail through the distress period when their husbands die? They also need support, care, love, and togetherness, which is often...
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...
The Gender-Neutral Game, Drug Storm in Bollywood, A Dog’s Life, & Fake Belief Brought to Justice
Laced with wit and humour, Shail looks at the recent news to cast these in verse, be it the world of cricket which is becoming progressively gender-neutral, drugs in...
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...
Why Does Society Need Intersectional Outlook?
To overcome taboo, society needs to develop an intersectional outlook toward the LGBTQIA+ community, the marginalised gender, asserts Shormita. An exclusive for Different Truths. In the social structure of...
National Level Workshop on Covid-19 & Children: A Rural Perspective
A national level workshop on Covid-19 and children – a rural perspective, organised jointly by CCDRR Centre, NIDM and CRY, deliberated on several issues. A report for Different Truths....