Aura - Different Truths

December 30, 2021
Muddasir Ramzan
Short Story, Special Feature

Incredible Love

Here’s a Sudden Fiction by Srinagar-based Muddasir. He weaves the complexities of love between two people. We are introducing a regular column, Sudden Fiction*, exclusively in Different Truths. ...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Gauranga Mohanta
Aesthetics, Environment, Language, Multiculturalism, People, Place, Special Feature, Spirituality, Tribute

Revisiting the Idea of School Education of Rabindranath Tagore

Tagore wanted to defend the freedom he enjoyed in his family, for all humanity. He remained firmly opposed to colonial education that aimed at material prosperity. He believed...

October 14, 2019
Deeya Bhattacharya
Literature, Poem

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Deeya celebrates love, life, death and salvation, in this evocative poem, exclusively for Different Truths. The sea is wrapped in the pearl of your skin Skin that breeds wanderlust...

September 27, 2018
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, People, Place, Politics

South Sudan: A Country in Perpetual Turmoil

Salva Kiir Mayardit took oath as the first president of the Republic that day in 2011, the new nation not only gratefully savored its first moments of independence from...

June 22, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

The Straw That Broke the Back of the Camel

Aurangzeb’s father Mohammad Haneef took Modi’s name several times and warned that if Modi failed to deliver his son’s killers, his family would do the honours – “72 hours...

February 19, 2018
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Politics

Stop the Jingoism about Holy Cow!

Before the gaurakhshaks cruelly lynch or hang another human being, let’s ask them to pause and ponder. Pause to ask one question, “How do they and their pious Hindu brothers look after their gau...

February 8, 2018
IPA Service
Politics

Taj to Tej and Mahal to Mandir: It is the Ruining Thought that Merits Demolition

Taj Mahotsav or Tej Mahotsav, both are the same things. There is not much difference between Taj and Tej. Our Tej Mandir has been turned into a cremation ground...

November 5, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Fiction

Vanished – I

Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...

August 25, 2016
Sunita Paul
Poem

Woman of Passion

In this woman-centric poem Sunita tells us what is it to be a woman of passion, exclusively in Different Truths. I’m a woman and I take a pride in being...

July 2, 2016
Lily Swarn
Poem

A Shooting Star

An evocative poem from Lily that celebrates the bitter-sweet pathos of life. Jetting through space a star stopped in its tracks and played statue. It simply forgot to twinkle...

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