Fiction - Different Truths

August 6, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction

The Orchids

The beautiful patch of Orchids, in the neighbourhood of Neeta’s Hyderabad home, was mysterious. Rich women were vanishing. Here’s a short story by Tapati, that unfolds the mystery, exclusively in...

May 28, 2022
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Fiction, Short Story

Gabriel Garcia Marquez & the Art of Surviving Rejection

Here’s a radical fiction by Dr. Sunil, wherein he reimagines Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s writings and the strategy of surviving rejection. An exclusive for Different Truths. “Sir?” The man smiled. “I...

February 12, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction

A Very Different Story: No Goodbyes – III

Meeta in her paroxysms of emotions – candid, vulnerable, loving, doubting – emerges with her complexities. In the third part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, the lovers depart,...

February 12, 2022
Shivani Singh
Book Review, Fiction

A Shared Patriarchal History Depicted in The Mahabharata

Shivani reviews The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an interpretation of the epic from Draupadi’s perspective. An exclusive for Different Truths. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is...

February 5, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction, Novella

A Very Different Story: Love Deepens – II

Cyber love and long-distance relationship melted the 2000 Km distance between them. In the second part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, love deepens. What happened to these love...

February 4, 2022
Dr. Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
Book Review, Fiction

Bakul Katha: A New Life in a Fresh Language

Dr Sutanuka Ghosh Roy, reviews Bakul Katha, by Lopamudra Banerjee. An exclusive for Different Truths. Anthony Burgess once said, “Translation is not a matter of words only: It is a...

January 29, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction, Novella

A Very Different Story: Man Meets Woman – I

The complexities of relationship between a man and a woman, unrevealing itself in layers, is the subject of this novella, by Prof. Nandini. Beginning this Saturday, we are serialising...

January 26, 2022
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Fiction, Short Story

The Lost Catwoman

Dr. Sunil observes that this story suggests sadistic modes of ‘seeing’ and ‘turning’ people into monsters by a conspiring society and judging culture. An intense tale exclusively for Different Truths. Avni...

January 22, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Fiction

Why Sunil Sharma’s Book Deals with Migrants, Broken Hearts & More?

Santosh Bakaya reviews the book, Burn the Library and other Fictions, by Sunil Sharma. His sensitive pen deftly writes about migrants, the underprivileged, existential angst, broken hearts, double standards, unending...

January 22, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Book Review, Fiction, Poem

Sunayana is Volatile, Subversive & Serene in her Works

Lopamudra Bannerjee reviews, Sunny Side Up, a collection of poems and stories in English,by Sunayana Kachroo Bhide. An exclusive for Different Truths. “When the Kangris and Pherans make a comeback and the steam from...

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