Girlfriend Archives - Different Truths

April 25, 2026
Sumita Dutta
Fiction, Short Story

Friends Online

Chennai-based Sumita tells us a story about online friendship, exclusively in Different Truths. September 11 Monday, 09:45 pm Aryan Chelvam hi rams, what’s up man? T. Ramesh hey Aryan!...

July 19, 2025
Payal Talreja
Gender

Sexism and Literature

Payal re-examines classics and popular comics to explore how sexist their content is, exclusively in Different Truths. Recently, I decided to recycle through all the old books that I...

February 13, 2024
Mamta Joshi
Potpourri, Special Feature

Love and Cupid on the Assembly Line

Valentine’s Day and Vasant Panchami are celebrated with love. A playful exploration by Mamta, exclusively for Different Truths, explores Kamadeva and Shringara, highlighting the vibrant colours of love. Love...

September 13, 2023
Sanskruti Chitore
Relationship & Lifestyle

Bridging the Generation Gap

The communication gap between successive generations is not a new phenomenon. Parents and children across the world have been facing this issue of generation gap. And it only trenches more when...

June 29, 2018
Sarika Sarkar Das
Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

I Met Myself Far From the Madding Crowd

Sarika took a break from the routine. She packed her backpack and travelled solo to meet herself. Read about her adventure, exclusively in Different Truths. Travelling is very much...

October 17, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Potpourri

How the Ancient Mariner Lost his Albatross

Here’s a story within a story from Soumya, in a genre different from humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. He wasn’t that ancient really, being a...

September 16, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Neelam Saxena Chandra Emerging as an Important Indian Woman Novelist

Basudeb profiles Neelam Saxena Chandra, an emerging important woman novelist of India, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Neelam Saxena Chandra is a versatile and prolific writer. She...

July 22, 2017
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism

Novelist Manju Kapur Exposes the Reality of Generation Gap after 1947

Basudeb features Manju Kapur, a post-1947 novelist, an important feminist writer. He critiques her novels, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. One of the most important features of...

June 21, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Cinema, Gender

Will the Strong Social Message from Phullu ever reach the Right Masses?

Our Delhi-based columnist Mahima tells us why Phullu, a film meant for the masses to educate them about menstrual hygiene at the right age, will not reach them. And...

June 19, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Gender

Why Women Stalk ex-Boyfriends and Crushes on Social Media?

Social media often brings out the ugly side of our persona. Women, at times, are no different from men. Some of them stalk their ex-boyfriends and crushes. Samrudhi finds...