Depression - Different Truths

November 26, 2025
Mowmita Sur
Lifestyle, Mental Health

The Worry Cycle: How Social Media Fuels Anxiety and Depression

Mowmita opines that social media’s curated perfection fuels constant comparison, threatening self-esteem, increasing anxiety, and straining genuine friendships, for Different Truths. Social media, with its culture of constant, often exaggerated,...

June 24, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Cover Story, Health, History & Culture, Opinion

The Game of Life and Death…

The concept of ‘good death’ (euthanasia) existed in the ancient world. Medical assistance was not needed when the Homeric warrior died as a hero and was expected to accept...

April 30, 2024
Anika Ghei
Gender, Poem

Fast Forward

A bold, sensuous, agonising, and brutally candid verse. In Yeats’ words, ‘the ceremony of innocence is dead.’ Here’s the intense prose-poem by Anika, in Different Truths. Play: It’s my...

April 9, 2024
Sarala Balachandran
Poem

Alienation

An evocative poem from Sarala wherein she describes the dark, gloomy world of depression and alienation, exclusively for Different Truths. Why was Sheila alienated From the society? Give me...

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...

March 7, 2024
Vatsala Radhakeesoon
Poem

Depression and Reason

A dark poem, by Vatsala, deals with the pertinent problems of depression and suicidal tendencies. A slice of light is the victory of reason, a hope that dispels the dark...

October 13, 2023
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Kolar Mocha or Banana Flower: An Ethnic Bengali Delicacy

Sarika tells us the many benefits banana trees. Its flower, known as Kolar Mocha, is a vegetarian delicacy in Bengal. Here’s the recipe, in the weekly column, exclusively for...

September 18, 2023
Dr. Tejal Shah
Health

Menopause is Not an End

Dr Tejal informs about menopause and the ways to deal with it. She tells us that to be forewarned is to be forearmed. The medical fraternity is debating on the...

April 29, 2023
Payal Talreja
Advocacy, Children's Right, Gender, Health, Special Needs

Girls and Autism: Missed Diagnosis and Mis-diagnosis

Boys are four times as likely to receive early diagnosis and intervention for ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) than girls. There was a time when it was believed that ASD...

March 28, 2022
Rajul Tiwari
Gender, Health, Wellness

Why is a Woman Prone to Depression?

The pressures to perform ably at home are higher on women. They are enslaved to slog in the male-dominated society. Her complex physiology, pre-menopause and menopause, emotional vulnerability, lack of appreciation...

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