Fiction - Different Truths

November 12, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Book Review

The Writer as the Witness: Burn the Library & Other Fictions

Prof Nandini reviews Burn the Library and Other Fictions by Sunil Sharma, exclusively for Different Truths. Starting with ‘A Mini Confession’, the camera of this read-at-one-go book is capable...

October 29, 2022
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Weed of Mine

Atrayee fictionalises a real-life experience about how an autistic child chose her, tugging on to the pallu of her saree. The paroxysms of emotions and his acceptance make him...

September 27, 2022
Anumita Roy
Fiction, Humour, Religion, Short Story, Special Feature

Mishap Trip of Durga

Durga, an NRI, flies to her parents’ home, with her four children, in Kolkata, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. Anumita humanises Durga and her children, with sparkling wit, in this...

August 13, 2022
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Book Review, Fiction

A Cheery & Optimistic Book by Rita Chhablani

Ruchira reviews Rita Chhablani’s book, We Will Be Together Always and Other Stories, exclusively for Different Truths. Bengaluru-based yoga instructor-cum-English teacher-turned litterateurRita Chhablani is the highly talented proud author of four...

July 30, 2022
Dr. Ranjana Sharan Sinha
Short Story

A Discoloured Rainbow

Dr Ranjana explores the various layers of human relationships, wishes, longings and disappointments with sensitivity – exclusively for Different Truths. The retired life of Mr Sharma was in search...

May 28, 2022
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Fiction, Short Story

Gabriel Garcia Marquez & the Art of Surviving Rejection

Here’s a radical fiction by Dr. Sunil, wherein he reimagines Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s writings and the strategy of surviving rejection. An exclusive for Different Truths. “Sir?” The man smiled. “I...

March 8, 2022
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Advocacy, Gender, Literature, Short Story, Special Feature

A Womb in Exile

February 26, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Short Story

A Juvenile Love Letter

Prof. Nandini talks of a love affair between a much elderly teacher and a teenage girl. What happened? Did their love fructify. An exclusive for Different Truths. It’s my...

February 12, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction

A Very Different Story: No Goodbyes – III

Meeta in her paroxysms of emotions – candid, vulnerable, loving, doubting – emerges with her complexities. In the third part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, the lovers depart,...

February 12, 2022
Shivani Singh
Book Review, Fiction

A Shared Patriarchal History Depicted in The Mahabharata

Shivani reviews The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, an interpretation of the epic from Draupadi’s perspective. An exclusive for Different Truths. The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is...

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