Reviews - Different Truths

July 10, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Reviews

Focus: Why Aamar Boss is a Wake-Up Call for India’s Urban Families

Raakhee Gulzar shines in Aamar Boss, a moving tale addressing elder care, role reversal, and emotional neglect in urban India. A review by Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths. Looks...

July 5, 2025
Megha Sood
Book Review, Poem

Global Warming: A Love Letter to a Dying Planet

Megha reviews Nancy Dafoe’s poetry collection, which is a haunting, lyrical alarm on the climate crisis, echoing nature’s grief and demanding urgent environmental action, exclusively for Different Truths. The...

June 28, 2025
Emmie Blake
Book Review

A Captivating Child’s-Eye View of Postcolonial India

Emmie reviews Porridge and I: Growing Up with India, which offers a child’s eye view of postcolonial India, blending innocence with cultural and political awakening, exclusively for Different Truths. In the...

June 14, 2025
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema, Films, Reviews

Q1 Bollywood Hits: Love, Fear, and the Fight for India

Sukanya reviews Bollywood’s first quarter of 2025, which delivered a vibrant mix—patriotism, politics, love, and fear—all films packed into unforgettable cinematic flavours, exclusively for Different Truths. I’ll be honest—between...

June 7, 2025
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Films, Reviews

Epic History Meets Eerie Folklore: Focus Stree 2 and Chhaava

Two films, one spine-chilling and one soul-stirring—Stree 2 and Chhaava—redefine Indian cinema with wit, war, and wonder. A comparative review by Sukanya, exclusively for Different Truths. What unfolds when...

June 6, 2025
K Pankajam
Book Review

Themes of Love, Loss, and Liberation in Whispering Ashes

Saroj K Padhi presents poignant poetry in Whispering Ashes, exploring nature, society, love, loss, and inequality. A review by Pankajam, exclusively for Different Truths. Saroj K Padhi is a...

June 4, 2025
Dr. Dhiraj Sharma
Cinema, Criticism, Music, Special Feature

Sahir Ludhianvi: The Poet of Love, Loss, and Revolutionary Truth

Dr Dhiraj elucidates that Sahir Ludhianvi’s lyrics, according to Javed Akhtar, embody protest, philosophy, and hope, deeply ingrained in Hindi cinema, exclusively for Different Truths. Ever since I was...

May 29, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Films, Reviews

Lost Love and Family Neglect in Sharmila Tagore’s Swan Song

Sharmila Tagore delivers a poignant performance as an octogenarian in Puratawn, a drama about family, loss, and enduring connections, reviews Ruchira, exclusively for Different Truths. One of the most...

May 24, 2025
Rituparna Khan
Book Review

Unveiling the Past: The Powerful Story of Chandernagore College

Rituparna reviews “Mon Histoire”, which narrates the history of Chandernagore College, tracing its French colonial roots to its current educational prominence in Bengal, exclusively for Different Truths. Mon Histoire:...

May 22, 2025
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Cinema, Reviews

Unlock “Be Line”: Understanding Isolation Through a Director’s Lens

Ruchira reviews Samik Roy Choudhuri’s “Be Line”, a unique blend of social satire, black comedy, and psychological thriller, exclusively for Different Truths. Be Line, by a young director, Samik Roy...

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