February 2, 2026

Literature

July 25, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Puppy Love: The K9 Kind

Humourist Soumya talks about canine love, with paroxysms of emotions, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The first canine love in my life was my grandfather’s Daschund,...

July 24, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Poem

My First Kiss

Here’s a candid poem about the first kiss by Soumya, in Different Truths. I do not remember my first kiss And I doubt if you do For when I...

July 23, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Centre Point

Here’s a sensitive and evocative poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. While she revolves with her neighbours We initiate our own story Some with a sob while others with...

July 22, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Novelist Manju Kapur Exposes the Reality of Generation Gap after 1947

Basudeb features Manju Kapur, a post-1947 novelist, an important feminist writer. He critiques her novels, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One of the most important features of...

July 19, 2017
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Save the Women…

A woman-centric poem where a hapless rape victim becomes a saviour of the weak and the feeble, by Sarala, in Different Truths. Far away in that distant valley A...

July 15, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Gita Mehta: Exposing the Commodification of the Millennium-old Indian Values by the West

Gita Mehta’s fictional writings are a revolt against the Western way of looking at Indian life and culture. An important post-colonial Indian woman writer, she is dogma free to...

July 15, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Contradictory Shuffle of Planets

The tussle between Karma and destiny decided by planetary positions has been explored and exposed in this poem, by Mamta. It’s a powerful social commentary, in Different Truths. Gaining...

July 8, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Gender

Shashi Deshpande: An Indian Woman Novelist in Search of a Feminist Identity

Shashi Deshpande is a feminist novelist supporting primarily the manifesto of the feminist movement of the early sixties and the late seventies of the last century. Basudeb profiles the...

July 2, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Suicides

Here’s a poem on a pertinent socioeconomic issue, suicides by farmers. A protest poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Peeling off the roots they cry Tears roll and feed...

July 1, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Human Rights, Poem, Politics

Not in my Name: We all are Blood-Stained

The recent lynching of teenaged boy Junaid in the name of Beefeater left our columnist Mahima deeply shocked. Unable to participate in #NotInMyName protest as she was travelling, she...

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