identity - Different Truths

September 30, 2022
Sumita Dutta
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Durga Puja: A Five-day Extravaganza of Food, Feast, Fun, and Frolic

Eyes closed, each of us disappears into our own consciousness where we perhaps see a beloved departed parent or remember a past when they stood above us uttering these...

May 7, 2022
Pragya Gupta
Gender, Identity, Theatre

My Journey in Theatre in the Last Ten Years

Standing tall, against all odds, Pragya defied norms and taboos of her Marwari community, joining theatre. Her search for identity is narrated in an evocative confessional piece, exclusively for...

March 26, 2022
Sutputra Radheye
Poem

Your Name

A protest poem, by Sutputra, that talks of identity, politics and fanaticism, exclusively for Different Truths. If they ask you your name don’t say it trust me they don’t...

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...

September 13, 2021
Prof. Swaraj Raj
Photography, Relationship & Lifestyle, Technology, Travel & Food

Technology & Identity: From Image to Selfie-Junkies

An erudite deliberation by Dr. Swaraj how technology altered our identity. From image-junkies we have transformed to selfie-junkies. An exclusive for Different Truths. It is commonplace that as inventors...

August 26, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Cinema, Gender, Literature, Relationship & Lifestyle, Television

Shifting Identities of Men & Women Onscreen

Shifting identities represent another kind of migration, that of characterisation. Dr. Deepanita elucidates these in TV and cinema. An exclusive for Different Truths. Women, an epicenter of stories. A...

July 8, 2021
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
Education, History & Culture, Multiculturalism, People, Place

Migration of the Mind: A Search for Identity

Students from varied nationalities, states and languages came together sharing information about culture, language, and lifestyles. It encouraged interest and acceptance among the classmates for each other, informs Dr....

April 22, 2021
Dr. Jaya Kapoor Chadha
Poem

My Name

An intense woman-centric poem, where she struggles for her identity, exclusively for Different Truths. Ever since I married My name was such a bother I had a ready package...

January 11, 2021
Sarba Roy
Potpourri, Relationship & Lifestyle

My Money is Not my Identity!

Money is not the be all and end all of life, says Sarba. An exclusive for Different Truths. On a bright summer day a few years ago, with thousands...

June 19, 2018
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor

Nemesis

Fears and karmas often catch up with us. Soumya shares a real-life incident, when rivals in hockey field, met as friends, years later. How were the worst fears of...

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