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June 10, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Cover Story, Relationship & Lifestyle

Live-in Relationship or Marriage: What Keeps the Spark Alive in a Couple?

Is live-in relationship a mere fad or fashion? Does it make us more ‘trendy’? Is it the product of deep identity crisis amongst the youth? Many say that these things...

June 10, 2016
Shernaz Wadia
Poem

Once I met Life

A poignant poem by Shernaz. During the passage from birth to date I once encountered Life on the way She beckoned. Urged me to engage in the moment I...

June 9, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

Sweet Peas / She Came

Sweet Peas Here are two evocative poems by Lily for Different Truths. Cloying cinnamonic caressing scent of sweet-peas Wafting across the moss green expanse of gambolling meadows Bamboo grasses...

June 9, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Short Story

The Last Reunion

A group of five friends had formed the renowned band, The Pentagonal. They had met in the Darjeeling home of their two friends, now married, after 10 years. All...

June 9, 2016
Sudeshna Mukherjee
Poem

The Age of Seasons

Sudeshna celebrates nature through the myriad moods of seasons in these verses. Spring Young shoots spruce up dressed ...

June 8, 2016
Lenin Raghuvanshi
Human Rights, Law & Order, Subaltern & Dalits

207 Rescued from Bonded Labour at Hardoi Brick Kiln

Activists from JVI and PVCHR, with the active assistance of state government officials, rescued 207 bonded labours, belonging to 47 families, from a Hardoi brick kiln, last week (May 23). Here’s...

June 8, 2016
Sisir K Chatterjee
Architecture & Monuments, Photo Feature, Religion

Ambika Kalna: A Quaint Temple Town on the Banks of Bhagiraithi River

Ambika Kalna gets its name from an ancient Kali temple. A quaint township on the banks of Bhagarathi River, it is known for its many temples. Sisir uncovers its history....

June 8, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Poem

Melancholy

An inward looking poem where Maya talks about the dynamics of creativity, how it’s not easy to write about melancholy. I wring my eyes, tighten my jaw lines, and my...

June 8, 2016
Ipsita Ganguli
Poem

A Sandy Grey City

Ipsita sees her city in different colours, various moods, in this surreal verse. This city of mine Smelt a sandy grey today Dusty, A storm in its eye, A...

June 7, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Subaltern & Dalits

Protest against Repression on Dalits Fighting for Land Rights by Akailis, BJP in Punjab

There were agitation in Allahabad and Kaushambi against atrocities on Dalits by landlords and repression by the state police, in the Akali Daj-BJP led government in Punjab. A report. Hundreds...