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September 27, 2022
Mitali Chakravarty
Cover Story, Refugees, Religion, Special Feature

The Homeless in the Festival of Homecoming

In the Goddess Durga’s homecoming, Mitali reminisces the fragrance of three seasonal flowers that reminds her of home. She reflects on the homelessness of refugees – no homecoming for...

September 7, 2022
Prabal Kumar Basu
Poem

A Family Chair

An evocative poem where memory and identity merge in a chair by Prabal, exclusively for Different Truths. My inheritances are humble Among them An incredible chair deserves the attention...

August 6, 2022
Tapati Sinha
Fiction

The Orchids

The beautiful patch of Orchids, in the neighbourhood of Neeta’s Hyderabad home, was mysterious. Rich women were vanishing. Here’s a short story by Tapati, that unfolds the mystery, exclusively in...

August 4, 2022
Dr Pragya Bajpai
Poem

The Memory of my First Bus Ride

An urban sensibility and a social concern find expression in an evocative poem by Dr Pragya, exclusively for Different Truths. The memory of my first bus ride is intense...

July 11, 2022
Mamta Joshi
Poem

A Writer’s Caprice

A writer and a poet, Mamta looks within in this verse. An Inner space of reflection Mining one's interior life The thoughts are held as hostage Sorting memories Every...

May 3, 2022
Soumya Mukherjee
Guest Blog, Potpourri

The Day I Turned Sixty-two!

Soumya recently turned sixty-two. He looks back at the years gone by and reminisces about his birthday in a write-up for Different Truths. Unlike earlier, I spent the day...

March 7, 2022
Harshali Singh
Gender, Short Story, Special Feature

Three Glasses of Wine

A plush villa, a luxurious life and hidden beneath it a life that’s futile. Harshali weaves an intense story of a woman who is trapped in her pain. But...

December 27, 2021
Sehar Siddiqi
Fiction, Special Feature

The City of Dreams

With a perfect image of small town girl carrying a suitcase full of memories and a diary full of dreams and longings, Varisha took her first step into the...

December 13, 2021
Prof. Swaraj Raj
People, Place, Relationship & Lifestyle, Travel & Food

An Old Radio, Stillness and Memories

An old radio represented the old-world order, a more innocent time of his father. For Dr. Swaraj , memories from the past and life at present times crisscrossed. An...

October 21, 2021
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
History & Culture, People, Place, Travel & Food

A Child’s Eye View of Varanasi

Ruchira walks down the memory lane to the Varanasi of her childhood days. An exclusive for Different Truths. It was the early 1970’s to be precise. As a seven-year-old,...

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