Exhuming the Self
An eminent poet, Ampat Koshy reviews Rochelle Potkar’s collection of poems, Four Degrees of Separation, for Different Truths. Rochelle needs to be read for her images, her vocabulary, her language, her...
The Great Conflict of Good Friday
Jesus Christ’s martyrdom has held everyone in awe It is a strange and fantastic story of a ragged carpenter with a short life, who changed the world. A man...
The Grim Sufferings of Musahars and Dalits
Sangita is in India under the youth exchange programme. She visited villages of Dalit and Musahar to report on the squalor, poverty and sufferings of the people living in the margins...
My Friend River Longai
A river is a friend. She nurtures and punishes. Here is a lesser known river, Longai, flowing in the northeastern part India and Bangladesh. Sarika talks of her deep connection...
RTE: Empowering Girls through Education in Bihar
PVCHR Vanarasi and Caritas India joined hands to organise a state-level interface on ‘Reality of Implementation of Right to Education (RTE) Act in Bihar’. The students of Musahar community staged a...
Appreciate and Think Positive
Different Truth’s Life Coach, Nita guides us how to appreciate a person, think positive and improve the vibes. The demon of negativity feeds on our insecurities and amplifies them, she cautions....
Bollywood Humour: Of Men, Women and Cine Stars!
Humour writer Indraneel takes a tongue-in-cheek view of families arguing in public places. He hilariously likens the clash (read tension) to Bollywood icons. Different Truths introduces his column, Bollywood...
Ecocriticism: The Possibility of Developing a Christian Eco-theology
Ampat’s discourse for ‘Green Cross’, an ecological interpretation of the Bible is revolutionary. He reasons that the Bible might be seen not only as a spiritual blueprint but also...
Can the Neo-Dalit Movement Eradicate Emerging Fascism in India?
The vast poor majority remains oppressed to the emerging fascist forces. They are brutalised by the caste system, the ‘culture of impunity’ and the hydra-headed tortures. Dr. Lenin...