Chapter 10: Unbound – XII
Mitali tells us that a swanky restaurant in China had no toilet, while a house had a musical toilet. She talks of musical gadgets, automatic doors, a language where...
Chapter 9: To be or not to be a Sparrow – XI
In this updated chapter, Mitali talks about frogs, rains, fitness regime, swimming, massage, and more, with sparkling wit. An exclusive for Different Truths. Perhaps… You never start a piece...
Sex and the Coming of Age of Boy
Soumya tells us how Boy was initiated into sex and his coming of age. An exclusive for Different Truths. As my favourite sociologist, George Mikas once said, the continentals...
Chapter 8: Trantor of the East & the Fish Graveyard – X
In the tenth part, Mitali tells us about Shanghai, tracing its antiquity and contemporaneity, with flashbacks and flashforwards to the recent incident at Capitol Hill in the US, graveyard...
How Boy Got Hooked on to Reading?
Soumya tells us how Boy got hooked on to reading and became a book edict. An exclusive for Different Truths. We had left Boy, struggling to make sentences, lost...
Chapter 5: One World – VII
Mitali talks of the wide exposure that she and her sons had with people from different countries, as China opened its doors to foreign talents before the dawn of...
The Blazing Chief: Terror Lurks in the Darkness
Enakshi reviews The Blazing Chief, by Matt Spencer, exclusively for Different Truths. Book: The Blazing Chief Author: Matt Spencer Rating: 4/ 5 My love for closures and cliffhangers became...
Chapter 3: The Great Wall of China and Beijing – V
In the fifth part of the serialisation of In the Land of the Dragons, Mitali takes us on a tour of the Great Wall of China, with praying mantis,...
Speaking Shadows: How That Abode Would Be
Gopal reviews the book, How That Abode Would be, authored by Vehshi Syed, in Urdu, and translated by Mushtaque B. Barq, into English. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: ...
The Goddess’s Homecoming: The Spirit and Never-Ending Enigma of Women
Enakshi reviews Nibedita Deb’s collection of stories, The Goddess’s Homecoming. An exclusive for Different Truths. Book: The Goddess’s Homecoming Author: Nibedita Deb Publisher: Self-published Rating: 4/5 The Goddess’s Homecoming...