And I Lied…
An intense and passionate poem, by Meenakshi, that challenges social institutions, including marriage, exclusively for Different Truths. When did these lies start? Probably when the biscuits in the tin...
Kumbh 2019: Sanitary Workers Protest Low Wages, Long Working Hours
Sanitary workers in Kumbh area are demanding for wage increase from Rs 285 per day to Rs 600 per day being almost 24 hours long. There are about 25,000...
Widowed at Seventeen
Neelam pens a poignant poem that is related to the shocking and gruesome custom of shaving the head of the widows and sending them to holy places. A Different...
Butterfly in the Storm
When Julia “Butterfly” Hill was born on February 18, 1974, little did anyone suspect that she would create a ripple effect across the planet with her conviction to create change...
Anu Radha: Lady Behind the Documentary, A Little Poland in India
Rupa profiles Anu Radha, the free spirited, award winning, documentary film maker, writer, producer, humanitarian, journalist, women’s rights activist and a leader. She rose against patriarchy. An exclusive for...
Who Mourns the Last Ones?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the last of your species? To wander ceaselessly across land, water, sky in search of another like you...
Black Women Celebrate Africanness: Identity, Rights, Culture and Gender Assertion
The cultural values of the ancient Africanness handed over to their children by Black mothers, even when values disappeared in history and ideas turned moribund through generations of slavery...
Sojourner Truth, First Feminist to Assert Black Identity: Intersectionality and Truth
What Sojourner Truth may have been most famous for, not unlike the firebrand anarchist Emma Goldman, was her public speaking. Illiterate throughout her life, she nevertheless had a remarkable...