childhood Archives - Page 5 of 18

July 22, 2021
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...

July 10, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Where’re Those Toys & Lost Time?

Ruchira takes us into the days of childhood and toys. The lost days of innocence and simple joys. An exclusive for Different Truths. I have seen more than fifty...

June 4, 2021
Harinder Cheema
Poem

A Borderless World

A boy ridiculed was indeed one with a utopian view, says Harinder, in this poem, exclusively for Different Truths. People called him insane He was teased as a ‘boy...

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

December 8, 2020
Soumya Mukherjee
Guest Blog, Humour

Kolkata Calls

Soumya walks down the memory lane and tells us about the Boy, the protagonist, and his growing up days. An interesting account for Different Truths. The news created a...

November 17, 2020
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Profile

Boy and a Strange World Called School!

Soumya tells us about the strange world of the Boy’s life, the ordeals of school and his aversion to it. An exclusive for Different Truths. Going to school Boy...

July 7, 2020
Soumya Mukherjee
Nostalgia, People, Place

Coming up for Air

Soumya MukherjeeSoumya Mukherjee is an alumnus of St Stephens College and Delhi School of Economics. He earns his daily bread by working for a PSU Insurance company, and lectures...

June 24, 2020
Rekha Nambiar
Poem

Life is Real, yet Unpredictable

Rekha NambiarRekha Nambiar is an educator by profession. She loves to write about her feelings and thoughts regarding various subjects that touch her. An avid reader and movie watcher,...

April 28, 2020
Dr V.V.L.N. Sarma
Poem

Allegory of Life

Dr V.V.L.N. SarmaDr V.V.L.N. Sarma is a botanist with Ph.D degree in Botany. Besides being an antiquarian , has much interest in poetry , both in English and Telugu...

November 6, 2019
Neelam Saxena Chandra
Poem

Neelam Saxena ChandraNeelam Saxena Chandra, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Pune, has authored 4 novels, 1 novella and 6 short story collections, 31 poetry collections and 13 children’s books. She...