Who will Save Sati?
Here’s a poem based on a true story on how Harsh saved a woman from being burnt alive in the name of a superstitious ritual named ‘Sati Pratha’ that...
Processing
Here’s a protest poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. Living, a terrible forgotten emotion Knife, helps me think of a nation Tyranny, plans the burden to rise Monotony, imperialist...
African Women Stand Tall against Female Genital Mutilation
Butchering girls’ private parts, cutting out healthy flesh in the name of religious ritual is barbaric. Whenever a girl or a woman gets cut, she becomes exposed to numeric...
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...
Indian Eve: Still a Long Way to Go
Ruchira tells us about the trials and tribulations of being a girl-child or a woman in the patriarchal Indian society, in the weekly column. A Different Truths exclusive. For...
Police Fails to Prevent Honour Killing of a Dalit in Kerala
Kevin Joseph, the Dalit Christian boy, was brutally murdered for daring to marry an upper caste Christian woman, Neenu Chacko, at the end of a three-year-old romance, against the...
The Dynamics of Creation in the Poetry of Basudeb Chakraborti – II
A patient has to be etherised, only then a major operation can take place. Similarly, in the creation of poetry too, our consciousness takes a leap, and we exist...
Germany Coalition has New Faces but Old Polices: Left Wing Linke Weakened by Dissensions
Although the SPD kept floundering in opinion polls, currently at 18 percent, Angela Merkel needed it to obtain enough Yes seats in the Bundestag to stay in power. She...
Instead of Laughing at Others Mould Yourself
Laughter relaxes and rejuvenates us. But, should we laugh at others? Ruchira tells us how the brutality of the society is exposed when they make fun of and laugh...
Her Shattered Dreams
An evocative woman-centric poem by Sarala that exposes the brutality of traditions, the patriarchal system, for Different Truths. She dreamt of a Beautiful life But all she got was...