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February 11, 2021
Shormita Bose
Advocacy, Gender, Human Rights, LGBTQIA+

Scant Awareness About LGBTQIA+ Rights

Shormita rues that there is a lack of awareness about LGBTQIA+ Rights. She mentions the legal and literary sources for the marginalised community. An exclusive for Different Truths. As...

February 11, 2021
Mitra Samal
Poem

New Normal

Mitra hankers to return to normal life and the new normal of the pandemic is agonising. An exclusive for Different Truths. For once I forgot about the pandemic, the...

February 10, 2021
Tali Cohen Shabtai
Gender, Poem

By the Force of my Doom

A distress, woman-centric poem, by Tali, exclusively for Different Truths. By the force of my doom The outcast The blood of disgrace Is in menstruation. And not...

February 9, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Films, Politics, Riots & Violence

Amu: A Film on the Sikh Genocide of 1984

Soumya reviews a film, Amu, on Sikh genocide and recalls his days as a volunteer. The reel and the real crisscross, grotesquely. The horrors come alive. An exclusive for...

February 9, 2021
Enakshi J
Agriculture, Dissent, Education, Politics

Political Bigotry, Deaf Ears and Falling Democracy

Farmers’ protests and Tripura teachers’ protests remain unresolved. Enakshi critiques political bigotry, deaf ears, and a failing democracy. An exclusive for Different Truths. “There may be times when we...

February 9, 2021
Chaitali Sengupta
Pandemic, Poem

Masked Humanity

A powerful and an evocative poem about the pandemic, exclusively for Different Truths. An invisible mask, we always wore… concealing our secrets, pain and lies; ...

February 8, 2021
Dr Piku Chowdhury
Poem

Lambs & Lions

Two protest poems, on the ongoing Farmers’ Protest, by Dr Piku, exclusively for Different Truths. Lambs Tender earth caressed with love Of a constant gardener, watering the Diffident germinating...

February 6, 2021
Rama Kashyap
Agriculture, Cover Story, Economy, Opinion, Politics

Farmers’ Protest: Resilience of Rural Punjab Mired in Controversy

An economist, Rama revisits the farmers’ protest that is mired in controversy after the Republic Day vandalism. An exclusive for Different Truths. Every night as I snuggle into my...

February 6, 2021
Megha Sood
Book Review, Fiction, Guest Blog

The Red Diary: A Saga of Paroxysms of Emotions

Megha reviews The Red Diary, by Neelam Saxena Chandra, for Different Truths. The Red Diary, by Neelam Saxena Chandra, is a riveting and deep exposition of the entire spectrum of...

February 5, 2021
Mitali Chakravarty
Book Serialisation, Essay, Fiction, Humour

Chapter 11: Oranges, Buddhas and Sporting Matters – XIII

In this updated chapter, Mitali tells us about oranges, Buddhas and sports, giving us a glimpse of China with humour and wit. An exclusive for Different Truths. Oranges have...

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