Fiction Archives - Page 5 of 18

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...

February 5, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction, Novella

A Very Different Story: Love Deepens – II

Cyber love and long-distance relationship melted the 2000 Km distance between them. In the second part of the novella, by Prof. Nandini, love deepens. What happened to these love...

February 4, 2022
Dr. Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
Book Review, Fiction

Bakul Katha: A New Life in a Fresh Language

Dr Sutanuka Ghosh Roy, reviews Bakul Katha, by Lopamudra Banerjee. An exclusive for Different Truths. Anthony Burgess once said, “Translation is not a matter of words only: It is a...

January 29, 2022
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Fiction, Novella

A Very Different Story: Man Meets Woman – I

The complexities of relationship between a man and a woman, unrevealing itself in layers, is the subject of this novella, by Prof. Nandini. Beginning this Saturday, we are serialising...

January 26, 2022
Dr. Sunil Sharma
Fiction, Short Story

The Lost Catwoman

Dr. Sunil observes that this story suggests sadistic modes of ‘seeing’ and ‘turning’ people into monsters by a conspiring society and judging culture. An intense tale exclusively for Different Truths. Avni...

January 22, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Fiction

Why Sunil Sharma’s Book Deals with Migrants, Broken Hearts & More?

Santosh Bakaya reviews the book, Burn the Library and other Fictions, by Sunil Sharma. His sensitive pen deftly writes about migrants, the underprivileged, existential angst, broken hearts, double standards, unending...

January 22, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Book Review, Fiction, Poem

Sunayana is Volatile, Subversive & Serene in her Works

Lopamudra Bannerjee reviews, Sunny Side Up, a collection of poems and stories in English,by Sunayana Kachroo Bhide. An exclusive for Different Truths. “When the Kangris and Pherans make a comeback and the steam from...

January 10, 2022
Emmie Blake
Short Story

A Golden Dawn

An enchanting mystery of nature unfolds for the protagonist, a seven-year-old girl. What did she encounter, early morning, that changed her forever? An exclusive for Different Truths. I opened...

January 7, 2022
Joseph Ferguson
Book Club, Short Story, Special Feature

After the Crux

Here’s an excerpt story from the New York-based Joseph Ferguson’s earlier short fiction collection, Southbound. Critically acclaimed, it’s a must read. The story originally appeared in Swift Kick No. 5/6,...

January 6, 2022
Malvika Thakur
Fiction

Mother’s Love

Malvika ThakurMalvika Thakur is an Insurance underwriter by profession, a lawyer by education and a dancer at heart. She is an avid reader with keen interest in Nature, human...

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