…And One Day-I
The protagonist, Nandini, was orphaned at the age of five, when she lost both her parents in an accident in the Western Ghats, in India. She was being brought up...
Indian Culture and Values: Are NRIs more Indians at Heart than Resident Indians?
The Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), away from their homeland, recreate a small India wherever they are. They are far better knit, have a greater bond and are alive to the Indian culture...
The Trial and Tribulations of Life of an Army Wife in Kathua District
Lily went in an auto-rickshaw to teach in Kathua town. The ride was long but she enjoyed the young vibrant faces of the college students. Militancy was rearing its monstrous head...
Soldiering Monologues!
In the spate of Uri attacks and the surgical strikes that followed the sheer madness and frenzy of social sites and media has been ludicrous to put it mildly. Every...
Resilience Based on Hope, Honour and Dignity
Without the awareness of their rights, these marginalised people suffer in silence and brokenness. Torture is an intentional use of intolerable pain to destroy/damage the physical and psychological integrity of...
Smoking Kills the Youth, their Dreams, Desires and Hopes!
A 14-year teenager, Minesh, opens our eyes to the grim dangers of smoking and chewing tobacco. In his passionate and emotional appeal, he calls for complete ban on the manufacture and...
Is Maneka Gandhi’s Anti-troll Initiative Defensive?
The Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched an anti-trolling campaign for checking online harassment of women recently. There has been quite a bit of reaction from...
Sovereignty of the State is the core of Refugee Problem: An Academic Debate
An essential characteristic of sovereignty is the State’s prerogative to put various kinds of limitations on non-citizens regarding their stay and entry in their territory. The authority of the State to...
An Anthology of World Refugee Day Poems
The Significant League (TSL) and Different Truths (DT) together offer an Anthology on World Refugee Day (WED), the fifth tie-up between the two. Seventy two poems, one be each poet,...
Open Letter from an Ailing Mother to her Children in the US
Success has its price. An ailing old mother, staying by herself in a large house in Kolkata, writes a soulful letter to her successful and busy children, settled far way,...