Fiction Archives - Page 6 of 18

January 5, 2022
Santosh Bakaya
Advocacy, Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

And he Pulled up His Socks

Santosh BakayaReuel International Awardee [Poetry,2014], Setu Award for ‘stellar contribution to world literature’ [2018], Eunice Dsouza Award, 2023, [WE Literary Community], Santosh Bakaya, Ph.D., poet, essayist, novelist, biographer, TEDx...

January 5, 2022
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Humour, Short Story

First Impression

Dr. Priyamita regales us with a short story that turns out to be a comedy of errors. Her narrative is laced with humour and wit. An exclusive for Different...

January 3, 2022
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Short Story

With Love, From Benares

For building the premise of sex-workers in Benares many literary pieces had delineated several tales. Zamindars and their consorts, atrophies of Baaijibaris over the time, the fate of their...

December 29, 2021
Sumita Dutta
Fiction, Special Feature

Trifle

Here are four micro-fictions – Air, The Peacock Strut, Helmets, and Repartee – presenting four slices of life, Trifle, by Sumita, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths....

December 28, 2021
Meenakshi
Book Extract, Fiction, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Lenny

Meenakshi’s story about a gay couple explores the subtleties and nuances of emotional relationship between them. It’s one of the six stories from her recently published book, ‘Love: Beautiful & Unrequited’....

December 28, 2021
Dr. Tripti Sharan
Fiction, Gender, Health, Special Feature

A Spurious Existence

Two women in denial. One wanted a daughter from her second husband after 11 pregnancies – two deaths and six abortions. Belonging to Tajikistan, she donned a hijab but...

December 27, 2021
Malvika Thakur
Fiction, Special Feature

A Class Apart

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...

December 27, 2021
Sehar Siddiqi
Fiction, Special Feature

The City of Dreams

With a perfect image of small town girl carrying a suitcase full of memories and a diary full of dreams and longings, Varisha took her first step into the...

December 23, 2021
Atrayee Bhattacharya
Fiction, Pandemic, Special Feature

The Anatomy of Fear

Atrayee BhattacharyaAtrayee Bhattacharya is an educator and works for an MNC’s CSR wing. In the bustle under the sun, she is a devoted educator, a loving wife, a caring...

December 22, 2021
Shernaz Wadia
Short Story, Special Feature

Crumbling Walls

Shernaz’s talks about hurt, pain and reconciliation of two sisters, Heather and Maya, through various twists and turns of fate and circumstances. A Special Feature exclusively for Different Truths. What...

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