ancestors Archives - Different Truths

May 31, 2025
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Fiction, Special Feature

Locked with Lantern and a Good Luck

Atrayee tells us an intriguing story about a NGC team, caught in the Eritrean-Ethiopian conflict and a kidnapping. What happened to Twisha? Here’s a literary thriller, exclusively for Different...

July 31, 2024
Shalini Samuel
Poem

Clarion Call

A patriotic poem that covers the entire gamut of history and social realities by Shalini, in Different Truths. Mother India’s clarion call to her tenants,Divided by caste you were,...

July 5, 2024
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Food

Three Reasons you Should Resort to Pure Clay Cookware Sets

Ritambhara tells us three benefits of using clay cookware sets instead of all sorts of cookware that are made up of metals and Teflon coatings on them to the...

January 17, 2024
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture, Religion

Makar Sankranti: A Pan-Indian Solar Festival Celebrating Bounty

Makar Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names. It is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, Bihu in Assam, Magha...

March 24, 2023
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Poem

The Letter

Here’s an intense poem by Olaitan, her last wish to her fellow-beings, wherein she speaks of the Judgment Day, in Different Truths. WhenThe gateOf Jerusalem swallowsMy spirit before dawn, AndThe...

October 1, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction, Humor, Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

A Slice of Divine Life: Live from Kailash

Here’s Tapati’s fictional Durga-Shiva dialogues, full of banter, repartee, wit, and humour, create a laughter riot, an exclusive Special Feature for Different Truths. “Shiva seems too busy these days!...

February 9, 2022
Madhumanti Sen Gupta
Cover Story, Migration & Diaspora

Crossing the Prohibited Boundary

The issue of illegal immigrants has several ramifications. Madhumanti discusses this issue, brilliantly, in the backdrop of global phenomena. Indo-Bangladesh, the fifth longest land-border in the world, is porous. She...

February 8, 2022
Abhilasha Trivedi
Potpourri, Religion, Rituals & Practices

God Bless us!

Shrines and roadside temples mushroom all over the country. Abhilasha takes a view of gods and superstitions in this tongue-in-cheek account. Lord Hanuman is often considered by some as the...

July 27, 2021
Alessandra Arora
Special Feature

The End of all Arguments

There was a culture hero who lived in what is today’s West Africa. He was especially well known and praised by the Ashanti People of Ghana. He was none...

September 22, 2018
Different Truths Poets
Poem

Anthology of Poems on Africa of Earth and Beauty

We present an Anthology of Poems, on Africa, wherein 66 poets, with as many poems, spread across 19 nations [India (41); Nigeria (8); two each from the US and...

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