A Child Lost in his Special World
The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...
Black Magic
With grit, faith and hard work, she built a whole new world for herself literally out of thin air. But when Jharna was attacked by the forces of Evil, will...
Raag Jhanjhavati
Here’s a story about Madhumalati’s marriage with musically illiterate Satish Mohan, who called her ‘Raaga Jhanjhavati’, given her temper and fuss. Through various twists and turns, they land in...
Gordan Ćosić: A Visual Author of Life and Times
Tatjana interviewed Gordan Ćosić, an eminent artist, illustrator, designer, and photographer, from Serbia, exclusively for Different Truths. Gordan Ćosić, a renowned Serbia-based artist, and photographer, authors his life and...
Objective-Type Doklam Question from Rahul a Joke: Misplaced Humour can kill Serious Intent
The Congress President, who everybody knows lacks a funny bone, has attempted to inject humour into an issue that is very serious and of considerable national strategic interest. Rahul...
Birthing of a Muslim
Bushra fears the divisive and communal world her grandson would inherit in this poem, for Different Truths. In a world torn asunder With hate, prejudice, and conflict I gasp...
Meet Sonia Jolly, a Mother and a Good Samaritan to 45 Daughters
Sonia Jolly, a lady from an affluent family, runs ‘Upkaar Hum Hain’, an NGO, at Satna, Madhya Pradesh. She has been taking care and looking after 45 girl children,...
A Child murdered in Ryan; Tom Alter Fights Cancer; Sasikala Ousted; Blast in London Tube and Rohingya Refugees
This week, Shail recasts five major events in the week that was in verse. A seven-year-child was brutally murdered in Ryan International School, Gurgaon, actor Tom Alter fights Cancer,...
A Soliloquy of a Grandmother
Sunday (September 10) was Grandparents’ Day. Shernaz recounts the playfulness and bickering with her two adorable grandchildren. She worries about the world that they would inherit. From media reports...
Cast(e)ing Aspersions on a new Bride
Our humourist, Soumya, tells us how the grandmother-in-law of his new bride from another community was questioned. Find out more, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. The...