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October 27, 2016
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Gender, Human Rights, Short Story

Being Invisible to the Beautiful

Ira’s life turned topsy-turvy with the death of her husband. Her elder son, Shailesh, a gay, who was loving and caring like his father had to leave the house, as gays...

October 27, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Poem

The Inward Eye

Here’s a pensive, inward looking poem, wherein, the poet, Urooj, talks with her heart and soul. An evocative prose poem for Different Truths. Write with a heart that’s pure… write...

October 26, 2016
Lily Swarn
History & Culture, People, Travel & Food

Meerut: Life in the Second Largest Cantonment Replete with History and Camaraderie

Meerut was the place where the first rumblings of rebellion against the British started in 1857. Soldiers of the Bengal Cavalry were given cartridges that were covered with paper, smeared with...

October 26, 2016
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Poem

The Right Approach to Life

Here’s an inward looking poem, where Anoucheka tries to search the meaning of life. Pray, if life is meant to be as it is Why should we fight it?...

October 25, 2016
Different Truths
Announcement, Fairs & Festivals, Rituals & Practices

Diwali Special Issue of Different Truths

We, at Different Truths (DT), shall publish a Diwali Special on Oct 30, this year. We apologise for the late announcement. Caught up with several administrative works, we overlooked...

October 25, 2016
Sunil Kumar Banerjee
Sports

Akashganga: Do You Have it in You? – IV

Freefall had moved on from the ungainly and rather rigid spread-eagle position to “stable frog position” and onto body-acrobatics in the air. Skydivers were not so often to be...

October 25, 2016
Eswar Anandan
Advocacy, Business, Economy, International Relations

Made in China: Are we Funding a Brutal Regime by buying Chinese Products?

One of the most important elements used to power the mobile phones – Lithium is found in abundance in a region, which China claims its own – Tibet! Post illegal...

October 25, 2016
Geethanjali Dilip
Poem

Dreams

An intense and poignant verse that laments the urbanisation. Songbirds are the romanticism, hope and light of our lives, feels Geethanjali. The afternoon fritters down in its crusty bronze brunch...

October 24, 2016
Dr. Navodita Pande
Fitness, Health

Five Asanas for Perfect Mind and Body Balance

Our Yoga expert, Navodita, tells us about five sitting and twisting poses to tone your belly, fix your digestion and relieve you of some lower back tension. Bharadwaj Asana, named...

October 24, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
People, Subaltern & Dalits

Rani: A Lonesome Cobbler Woman of Chennai, Forsaken and Forlorn!

Twenty years ago, 60-year- old Rani Perumal, a native of Chennai was thrown out, mercilessly, on the road, by her daughter. She did not want her mother in her life...

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