Governance - Different Truths

June 10, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Gender, History & Culture, People, Trade, Travel & Food, Travelogue

How Manipuri Women Edged Out Men in War & Trade?

The Nupi Lan (Women’s Wars) of 1904 and 1939 led by women against the British Army are memorialised by Mothers’ Market. The proactive role played by women left its indelible...

June 3, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Travel & Food, War & Conflicts

Inside Buchenwald: A Nazi Concentration Camp in Germany

Dr. Roopali reminisces about her journey to Buchenwald. She recalls the excesses of the Nazis in the concentration camps at this place, revisiting history of war and cruelty. An...

May 23, 2022
Dr. Sudipta Mishra
Cover Story, Gender, Law & Order

Does a Wife’s ‘No’ to Sex Means Refusal?

Sudipta re-examines the Delhi High Court’s split verdict of marital rape. Can a wife say no to sex? An exclusive for Different Truths. In 2015, the RIT foundation of...

April 23, 2022
Emmie Blake
Governance

Song of Creation

Emmie celebrates the Creation in the song of a skylark, in this poem. Her imagery of Nature is evocative. An exclusive for Different Truths. Creation sings in the song...

April 10, 2022
Tinku Paul
Economy, Migration & Diaspora

The Nowhere Migrant

Tinku takes a hard look at the underbelly of labour trafficking. Railway coolies are paid a paltry sum to undertake this risky job. One poor man sells another for just...

March 13, 2022
Chirantan Sarkar
Cinema, Gender, Politics, Special Feature

A Narrative on Women, Feminism, Sexuality and Politics in Contemporary India

Sonia Gandhi’s unperturbed state in her husband’s funeral is acceptable to the urban and sophisticated Indians as Sonia Gandhi is cloning a ‘male’ behavior and thus striving to achieve...

March 11, 2022
Swapan Bhowmik
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Dynamics of Globalisation and Women Empowerment

The article focuses critical globalisation literature with feminist critiques about the gendered impact of globalisation. The feminist critiques of globalisation is of the view that “gender” is deep-seated in...

March 9, 2022
Anumita Roy
Economy, Gender, Special Feature

Expensive Periods

During a research about taxes, the author’s attention was drawn to the facts of luxury taxes. There she discovered that tampons and pads come under the umbrella of luxury...

February 11, 2022
Kamrun Nahar
Governance

Controversy between Woman and Love

An evocative poem, by Kamrun, with contestation between a woman and love. An exclusive for Different Truths. Who are you? I am love Are you that one? Who doesn’t...

February 3, 2022
Prasanna Kkumar
Governance

What’s the Point of…?

In this social awareness poem, Prasanna questions the validity of education sans values, exclusively for Different Truths. I shun the education that never tickles the knowledge bugs to bite...

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