Father's Day Archives - Different Truths

July 2, 2019
Soumya Mukherjee
Humour, Cricket, Sports

Cricket and Father’s Day

Soumya MukherjeeSoumya Mukherjee is an alumnus of St Stephens College and Delhi School of Economics. He earns his daily bread by working for a PSU Insurance company, and lectures...

June 27, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Parenting

A Happy Day for Fathers: Someday…

It is neither easy for men, nor women to transition their changing roles. Women are reluctant to give up the mystique of motherhood. And men have to prepare themselves...

June 18, 2016
Shail Raghuvanshi
Potpourri

Letter from a Daughter to her Father

Staying far away from her father, who lives all by himself, despite his advancing age, Shail writes a soulful letter to her father, Papa. This is a part of the...

June 18, 2016
Lopamudra Banerjee
Poem

Of Fathers, and Daughters

A dedication on Father’s Day On the occasion of Father’s Day, this poem is Lopamudra’s small dedication to the bond that her daughters share with their father, her husband, and...

June 18, 2016
Subhajit Sanyal
Potpourri

Missing Baba

Here’s Subhajit’s homage to his father, his best friend, on Father’s Day as part of special feature in Different Truths. “Every child grows into a holistic person when he is...

June 18, 2016
Maya Khandelwal
Book Club, Potpourri

Dad and The Longings

Here are two chapters of the autobiographical novel, A Beautiful Mistake, by Maya Khandelwal. The author says, “These are two of my favourite chapters from my novel that beautifully describes my...

June 17, 2016
Arindam Roy
Announcement

The Many Manifestations of Father

Arindam explores the various meanings and manifestations of fatherhood ahead of the Father’s Day. He presents a preview of the special feature on this occasion in Different Truths. Through seven pieces,...

June 17, 2016
Anumita Roy
Potpourri

A Letter to my Younger Sister about our Father

Anumita, in her letter to Bon (younger sister), talks about their life and times with their Baba (father). The author moves from the present to the past, reminiscing their childhood...

June 17, 2016
Urooj Murtaza
Potpourri

My Father, My God!

A soulful tribute to her father by Urooj. She remembers the day he was in CICU and two years later, when he passed away. A Father’s Day special in Different...

June 17, 2016
Sushmita Gupta
Poem

Blessing my Dad

Sushmita pays her homage to her father on Father’s Day. They say, Some light from the lamp, And, Some sound from, Chanting of scriptures, Is all, And only, What...

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