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March 9, 2022
Chhavi Mehra
Gender, Special Feature

Sex Addiction in Women furthers Patriarchy; Compassion leads to Empowerment

Sex addiction is often viewed as an attachment or intimacy disorder. This paper examines sex addiction from a psycho-social perspective. The review includes current research from two major studies....

March 7, 2022
Luz Maria Lopez
Criticism, Gender

The Heritage of Latin American Women Writers

In Latin America, there is a tradition of women’s rights activism. Commitment to gender equality is not new in Latin America. In fact, Latin women’s empowerment has reached beyond...

February 25, 2022
Reena Prasad
Poem

The Wingspan Of Sorrow

A poignant poem by Reena. It’s intense and sensuous. If I stoopit is to drink deep of youmy doppelgänger, black and greyI wear your shades better than any otherwanting...

February 24, 2022
Smita Agarwal
Poem

Grandmothers

In this evocative poem Smita compares the two worlds of her grandmothers and her’s. A powerful woman-centric poem. Both my grandmothers Were married off in their teens; Bhuvaneshwari at...

January 18, 2022
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Poem

Childhood in the Times of Corona

Dr. Amrinder parodies Love in the Times of Cholera for children, in the unending Corona scare, exclusively for Different Truths. What is this childhood so full of fear? With...

December 30, 2021
Sutapa Basu
Fiction, Novella, Special Feature

Dangle is a Journey, not Destination, of Facing Secrets and Overcoming Fears

Stunning, svelte, smart Ipshita is a globetrotter. She treks across the world to gather bytes for the travel chats she designs and hosts for TV channels. Despite being a self-assured...

November 30, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Potpourri, Sports

The Day I Gave Up Football

Soumya walks down the memory lane. He tells us of his younger days, a time when he captained a locality football team. What happened under his maiden captaincy? An...

September 17, 2021
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
Migration & Diaspora, Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

For the Ashes of my Father and the Temples of my Gods*

Dr. Roopali tells us about voyages to distant lands. Her father’s family left Dhaka during his childhood. It stayed with him. A highly decorated Air Force officer, her Rakhi...

August 17, 2021
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Our Sand Castles Feeble & Strong

An enigmatic poem, by Sarala, about love, its loss and regain, exclusively for Different Truths. Remember our childhood days When we ran to the seashore To make sandcastles Sometimes...

August 9, 2021
Mani Dixit
Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

Do Parents Love and Support their Children?

Mani walks down the memory lane and tells us how she and her friend, as little girls, did something that now looks scary. From this week, we are introducing...