Crime Archives - Different Truths

November 19, 2025
Mowmita Sur
Crime, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Shattered Innocence: The Urgent Cry of a Child Victim

Lucía’s childhood ended at ten, shattered by betrayal, enforced silence, and laws valuing compliance over her pain. A sordid tale of rape and childhood pregnancy, states Mowmita, for Different...

July 4, 2025
Akash Paul
Crime

Focus Public Perception vs Legal Truth: Who Decides Innocence? – II

In the second part, Akash reveals that a man accused as “Beer Man” was acquitted, but public suspicion and police harassment outlived the court’s verdict, exclusively for Different Truths....

June 2, 2025
Dr Azam Gill
Crime, War & Conflicts

Focus: The Surprising Life of Hijacker Hashim Qureshi in Jail

Praveen Swami’s analysis of “False Flags” precedes this account of Dr Azam’s 1975 jail encounter with Hashim Qureshi, the 1971 Ganga hijacker. The author met him in jail, an...

March 11, 2025
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Governance

Focus: RG Kar Murder Exposes Systemic Failure, Justice Demanded

Prof Bhaskar highlights the ongoing systemic issues and struggles for justice against women, highlighting the RG Kar Medical College incident, despite the recently concluded International Women’s Day, exclusively for...

January 8, 2025
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Crime, Gender

Institutional Murder and Rape: Focus on the RG Kar Hospital Case

Prof Bhaskar compares Hathras and RG Kar cases, revealing systemic failures in India’s state apparatus in addressing violence against women, exclusively for Different Truths. If the Hathras incident represents...

December 12, 2024
Gautam Chaudhury
Crime, Legal Issues

Spotlight: Addressing the Rise of Cybercrimes Against Women, Part One

Gautam examines the growing issue of cybercrime against women in India, in two parts, highlighting its severe impacts on their mental, physical, and economic well-being, exclusively for Different Truths....

June 11, 2024
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

Rantings of my Heart

An evocative protest poem, where Anoucheka and her heart converse about a cruel world, for Different Truths. Tell me, urged my heartTell me why the world is so cruel Wars...

September 16, 2023
Prof. Swaraj Raj
Crime, Humour

Sleep Safe and Sound: How to Overcome Post-Burglary Anxieties

Dr Swaraj faces a series of questions and criticisms following a burglary, leading to reflections on fear, security, and the loss of innocence in a world filled with ubiquitous...

July 31, 2023
Anumita Roy
Cover Story, Crime, Human Rights, Law & Order

Human Trafficking and International Crime

Flesh trade and forced or bonded labour are closely linked with human trafficking. It’s a lucrative trade with millions of dollars of turnover. Here’s a case study of Thailand, a...

June 6, 2023
Tinku Paul
Human Rights

Is Poverty the Biggest Crime?

This article highlights many important crimes of the inept legal system that led languishing incarceration of many poor and innocent people. The major issue is the inability of poor prisoners...

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