A Day with the Maasai Tribe
The Maasai people are one of the tallest tribes in Africa. They are a unique and popular tribe of Kenya due to their long preserved culture. Their distinctive culture,...
The Punishment
A young student had to face punishment because he had spoken against the corrupt principal. Stanslaus tells us about the deep-rooted corruption in schools in Tanzania. A Different Truths...
Why Stigmatise Mental Disorders?
Sarala questions why mental disorders are stigmatised in India, in this prose poem on social awareness, exclusively for Different Truths. In today’s world, the second killer next to heart...
Sense and Sensibility Regarding Educational Institutions Reopening in Bangladesh
Tabassum argues in favour of the government’s decision to keep educational institutions closed in the light of a new variant, Delta Plus, spreading fast. There are some people who...
A Breed Does Not Define or Measure Love!
Enakshi interacts with the children of her class and finds out that some wished to own a dog. Find out which breeds children preferred? An exclusive for Different Truths....
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...
Mahaguru and Mahatma: A Reflection on the Relationship between Tagore and Gandhi
There were many striking contrasts between these two personalities. Yet they found some common chord and there began a friendship which lasted till Tagore’s death in 1941. As...
Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore
Tagore rested on his desire for a far-off planet, listened to the invitation of a dream and did not allow the spaceship to rust. His journeys and envisagements, however,...
Tagore in Love: Letters from Shillong, Khublei Shibun
It was in the month of May, Lovita was in Shillong with a sole sojourn to be there, where Tagore lived, 99 years ago (first time in 1919)....
Organic Sensibility of Tagore
Bina tells us about the love of Nature in Tagore and compares it with Wordsworth. Nature was organic to both these poets. Here’s an interesting insight, as part of...