Struggle for Existence
A dark and somber poem, by Kamrun, exclusively for Different Truths A life goes in silence In a fight with thyself And with the darkness of existence. What...
Short Stories of Tagore: Vignettes from Human Life
Ruchira critiques eight short stories of Tagore, in the Special Issue, exclusively for Different Truths. Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Mini who lived...
Tagore in Love: Letters from Shillong, Khublei Shibun
It was in the month of May, Lovita was in Shillong with a sole sojourn to be there, where Tagore lived, 99 years ago (first time in 1919)....
Rabindranath Tagore: An Inquiry into Ideas and Ideals
In order to acquire a worldview for himself, Tagore strove to achieve a balance between Humanism and Naturalism, Individualism and Determinism, Hedonism and Asceticism, all of them being...
Travelling the World in NYC: Conversations with Cab Drivers and Other Multi-Cultural Excursions
The interplay of different cultures – read multiculturalism – opens the horizons to a person, who is compassionate and deeply observant. As a Dance/Movement Therapist, nonverbal communication is the...
When Solutions are worse than Problems: Analysing Amendments in POCSO and Rape Laws
The death penalty of convicts, definitely, does not hold an answer to the burning question of a rise in rape and related crimes. Even Justice Verma Committee has said,...
Hi Friend, Hyphen!
Sushmita dwells on the small dash, the hyphen. Other than its grammatical functions, it revealed something unique to this scribe. Read more, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different...
One More Child in School is One Less Child Labourer
Though shocking, almost 73% of the 33 million working children in India in the age group of 5-18 years do not go to school, as the Census 2011 data...
Bunch of Blooms: A Critical Analysis
Pankajam, a very prolific poet of high repute, standing in the garden of literature, with joy and pride, with her Bunch of Blooms, her eighth collection of poems tempts...
It is High Time NDA Addressed Core Economic Issues
Though there is not much of a difference between a dynasty and a single-party supreme leader in terms of his or her writ being run unquestioned, the fact remains...