Anxiety Archives - Different Truths

July 13, 2026
Shernaz Wadia
Opinion, Potpourri, Religion

Prayer: A Unifying Force

Shernaz dwells on the issue of prayers for all, theist, atheist, deist, or agnostic. She eruditely reasons that prayer is synonymous with poetry, exclusively in Different Truths. After the...

May 9, 2026
Tapan Mozumdar
Fiction

Waiting for Network…

This week’s fantasy fiction by Tapan is an interesting sci-fi, with engrossing twists and turns, exclusively on Different Truths. “Will you call the verses I write my off-springs?” In...

November 26, 2025
Mowmita Sur
Lifestyle, Mental Health

The Worry Cycle: How Social Media Fuels Anxiety and Depression

Mowmita opines that social media’s curated perfection fuels constant comparison, threatening self-esteem, increasing anxiety, and straining genuine friendships, for Different Truths. Social media, with its culture of constant, often exaggerated,...

June 24, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, Health, History & Culture, Opinion

The Game of Life and Death…

The concept of ‘good death’ (euthanasia) existed in the ancient world. Medical assistance was not needed when the Homeric warrior died as a hero and was expected to accept...

May 20, 2024
Shyamola Khanna
Parenting, Psychoanalysis

Signs of Anxiety in Children and How to Help

Shyamola explores Farah Merchant’s unique programs, like Utka, that help children overcome anxieties through creative expression, addressing school pressures and parental lack of communication, exclusively for Different Truths. My...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...

March 12, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Get Around the Molehills of Life

We often imagine situations far worse than they are. In short, we create a mountain out of molehills. Shernaz tells us how to overcome this problem, exclusively in Different...

August 22, 2023
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Food, Health

Three Healthy Foods to Help Check Depression

Ritambhara tells us how food can help fight depression, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Depression is one of the chronic diseases amounting to increasing suicide rates...

April 29, 2023
Payal Talreja
Advocacy, Children's Right, Gender, Health, Special Needs

Girls and Autism: Missed Diagnosis and Mis-diagnosis

Boys are four times as likely to receive early diagnosis and intervention for ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) than girls. There was a time when it was believed that ASD...

March 28, 2023
Priyanka Nair
Health

The Demon of Depression

Priyanka NairPriyanka Nair, 32, is a Mumbai-based blogger. MBA by qualification and an author in progress, she believes that we just need to start to reach somewhere for sure....