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August 15, 2017
Farheen Viquas
Poem

We are the Living Dead!

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of India’s independence, Farheen asks some pertinent questions and wonders where is the secular India that the Founding Fathers of our liberation had...

August 8, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

Friends: The Precious Wealth that Money Cannot Buy!

Friends are an inestimable treasure. Age difference, generation gap etc. are not a bar; friendship is the meeting of two minds and hearts that understand, love and accepts each...

August 1, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Getting Married: A Sudh Filmy Romance

Humourist Soumya tells us all about the trial and tribulations of a Bong getting married to a Sardar girl, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Having posted...

July 18, 2017
Payal Talreja
Advocacy, Gender

The Housewife in the Dustbin

Payal traces the etymology of the housewife pointing out that feminists find it derogatory. She advocates for ungendered terminology to chuck the word, housewife, in the dustbin. Here’s her...

May 27, 2017
Samina Naqvi
Films

The Life and Times of Guru Dutt: He Became the Tragic Characters he Portrayed Onscreen – III

Samina concludes the three-part series on Guru Dutt, with his life and times. The boundaries between the reel and real life blurred. Here’s a tribute to the tragic hero,...

May 25, 2017
Rita Bhattacharjee
Advocacy, Wellness

COPD in the Elderly: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment

COPD is a deadly medical condition with under-estimated mortality and morbidity rates across the globe. It remains undiagnosed probably because it progresses gradually and shows signs at a very...

May 19, 2017
Different Truths Poets
Poem

Four Peace Poems: Syria Deserves a Sky

Here are four poems on Syria, which, we regret, could not be included in The Anthology on Peace, as these were received after the closure of deadline of submissions....

March 15, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Crime, Gender, Human Rights

How Purba, the Survivor, returned from a Journey to Hell?

Trafficking of women is an international commercial activity in which force, coercion, and fraud are used to transport women across international boundaries for economic gain. As a complex organised...

January 5, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: Kurma Avatar – VII

Nilanjana tells us the story of Kurma (tortoise) Avatar of Lord Vishnu, in the seventh part of the serial. The story of Amrita1 Manthan2 (churning of the ocean for the...

September 17, 2016
Madhumita Ghosh
Short Story

To be a Bride Again!

Whenever a girl is dressed like a bride, she is sent away. First, from her parent’s home. And, the next time, for her final journey. The protagonist says, “I am...

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