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May 13, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Potpourri

Little Island

Ritamvara aka the mountain girl, writes from a darling’s heart, Darjeeling (India). In her intense and sensuous piece, a reflective prose-poem, she yearns union with the Himalayas. She writes for the...

May 11, 2016
Arindam Roy
Dissent, Profile, Subaltern & Dalits

Lenin, my Friend: Empowering the Marginal, Restoring Dignity

Arindam profiles the life and times of the human rights activist, Lenin Raghuvanshi, who has been working tirelessly to empower and emancipate the lowest of the low among Dalits, the Musahars...

May 11, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Short Story

Pushpa

Here’s a short story by Maya for Different Truths. She looked substantially fine but for the over-ripened complexion and a little rowdiness in all her movements that perhaps she got...

May 11, 2016
Mamta Joshi
Poem

The Dicey World of Showbiz

Mamta showcases the razzamatazz and the sleaze of the showbiz. Lights! Camera! Action! An opulent set in a suburban film studio A flurry of commotion Nervous raw energy Junior...

May 10, 2016
Anumita Roy
Interview

Karamveer Chakra Award Nominee Sujata Parashar Champions Change

Young achiever Sujata Parashar (SP) has been recently nominated for the prestigious REX Karamveer Global Fellowship and the Karamveer Chakra Award instituted by iCongo in association with the UN. Anumita (ACR)...

May 10, 2016
Ritamvara Bhattacharya
Poem

Vaginas don’t have Homes/Dream of Apples

Two sisters, Dishani Roy and Ritamvara Bhattacharya, compose poems in sync. Here’s a jugalbandi of two intense poets and their poetry of protest. A Different Truths exclusive. Vaginas don’t have...

May 8, 2016
Lily Swarn
Potpourri

Mothers and Beloveds

Lily talks of the real, flesh-and- blood mother, not the flat, cardboard-like sentimental mother, depicted in films and songs. We fight the most with our mothers because we love her...

May 8, 2016
Padmini Sharma
Cover Story, Human Rights

Living Beyond the Margins: Hijras of Kolkata, a Curse or a Prayer!

US-based Padmini has been working for the emancipation of the hijras. She recounts a chance meeting with them during one of her visits to Kolkata. She tells us about the paroxysms...

May 8, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent, Environment, Politics

Declare Water Emergency in India, Review Implementation of Water Conservation

AIKMS has given a call for the declaration of water emergency in India. With drought conditions in more than half the districts in the country, the situation is grim. Construction work...

May 7, 2016
Arindam Roy
Potpourri

One Life, Many Mothers

Arindam pays a tribute to his many mothers on Mother’s Day. He also tells us of a man with 81 mothers. “How can he have so many mothers?” A divisional...

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