Men - Different Truths

September 6, 2017
Payal Talreja
Gender, Human Rights

Why should Criminalisation of Marital Rape Destabilise Marriage?

Payal takes a hard look at the issue of marital rape, its criminalisation and the argument that it would destabilise the institution of marriage. India should learn from other...

September 5, 2017
Shernaz Wadia
Education & Career, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

In Reverence

गुरुर्ब्रह्मा गुरुर्विष्णुर्गुरुर्देवो महेश्वरः ।गुरुरेव परं ब्रह्म तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः ॥१॥Gurur-Brahmaa Gurur-Vissnnur-Gururdevo Maheshvarah |Gurureva Param Brahma Tasmai Shrii-Gurave Namah ||1|| Here’s an inspiring tribute to all teachers by Shernaz, as part of the special feature. She talks about exemplary...

August 27, 2017
Amit Singh
Cover Story, Opinion

Nobel or Not so Nobel

The Indian Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satayarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2014. As a Nobel Peace Laureate, his concern shall encompass issues of peace and burning...

August 18, 2017
Ritambhara K Upadhyay
Poem

Somewhere in the Midst, I Lost my Voice…

A gender sensitive poem, by Ritambhara, that depicts the over-protectiveness for girls that stifle her, and how she overcame it, in Different Truths. Since my childhood, To blossom like...

August 15, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
Humor, Special Feature

Krishna Consciousness and the Story of the First Metrosexual Man in History

Krishna happily spends time with the women and his music, chills out with friends, takes care of his looks; in fact, he is the first metrosexual man in history....

August 13, 2017
Sreelata Menon
Cover Story, Politics

Playing Ducks and Drakes with the Unique Ethos of Kerala

The distrust of the RSS-BJP whose professed ideology is at variance with and is abhorrent to the local populace, who are all equal participants in the political narrative of...

August 1, 2017
Payal Talreja
Cinema, Gender

Sex and the Indian Woman: More than Lipstick under our Burqas

Gender roles are defined and given in a patriarchal society. The ‘good’ versus the ‘bad’ girl/woman mindset in the backdrop of the film Lipstick under my Burqa and marital...

July 23, 2017
Kabir Deb
Poem

Centre Point

Here’s a sensitive and evocative poem by Kabir, in Different Truths. While she revolves with her neighbours We initiate our own story Some with a sob while others with...

July 15, 2017
Mamta Joshi
Poem

Contradictory Shuffle of Planets

The tussle between Karma and destiny decided by planetary positions has been explored and exposed in this poem, by Mamta. It’s a powerful social commentary, in Different Truths. Gaining...

June 29, 2017
Samrudhi Dash
Poem

Petrichor Dreams

Women are different in many ways, yet bound to a web of patriarchy. They knit dreams and rise again like a valiant warrior after every fall. Here’s is a...

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