Horror Archives - Different Truths

October 30, 2025
Mowmita Sur
Poem

Unlocking Terror: Confronting the Ghoulish Stranger at the Fireside

Mowmita’s Halloween poem: A lone desk ponderer confronts midnight terror and a ghoulish presence, finding ultimate salvation through spiritual faith and light, for Different Truths. When I sit at...

May 22, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri

My Jigsaw Fairy

Tooth Fairy or not, a fairy guided Shernaz through the jigsaw puzzle of life. Read more about it exclusively in Different Truths. When I lost my first milk tooth,...

October 31, 2022
Shernaz Wadia
Cover Story, Fairs & Festivals

A Halloween Evening Gone Sour

Shernaz recreates the horror of Halloween in this story – exclusively for Different Truths. The lights had been blinking on and off for a while. Some fault with the...

December 29, 2021
Dr Jayita Sengupta
Short Story, Special Feature

Mandaravas

An enigmatic story that unfolds itself through metaphors and images, talking of dreams and desires, of love and lust and the quintessence of womanhood. This story is a part of the...

July 29, 2021
Nayna Kamath
History & Culture, Special Feature, Travel & Food

The Magical Mystery of Enigmatic and Enchanting East Africa

Nayna takes us on a tour of two East African countries, Tanzania and Rawanda. She tells us the wondrous tales of a world heritage site, Stone Town, in Zanzibar,...

July 26, 2021
Tutu Dutta
Oral Traditions, Special Feature

The Girl Who Married a Stranger

Tutu recounts a popular folktale from the Calabar region of Nigeria. It’s about a stunning young woman, Afiong. She had bright eyes and velvety smooth skin, the colour of...

February 9, 2021
Soumya Mukherjee
Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Films, Politics, Riots & Violence

Amu: A Film on the Sikh Genocide of 1984

Soumya reviews a film, Amu, on Sikh genocide and recalls his days as a volunteer. The reel and the real crisscross, grotesquely. The horrors come alive. An exclusive for...

May 16, 2020
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Poem

Coronavirus

Dr. Amrinder Kaur BajajDr Amrinder Kaur Bajaj is a senior gynaecologist, an award-winning author, columnist, and poetess. She also writes editorials for newspapers like The Times of India, Tribune...

December 7, 2019
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema, Reviews

The Perfection: An Elegant and Terrifying Suspense

Sukanya Basu MallikSukanya Basu Mallik is a renowned Indian writer, known for her works in various publications and for winning Best Manuscript Awards for fiction & non-fiction categories (Mumbai...

November 23, 2019
Sukanya Basu Mallik
Cinema

Stree, a Comedy/Horror and Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo, a Thriller, Showcase Different Aspects of Human Emotions

Sukanya Basu MallikSukanya Basu Mallik is a renowned Indian writer, known for her works in various publications and for winning Best Manuscript Awards for fiction & non-fiction categories (Mumbai...