Give Our Girls Those Guns
It’s an intense poem. Reena cautions the girl of the many dangers she faces in the world of men. Crunch by crunch the monster advancesIn its jaws I hear...
The Death of Humanity in the Dormitory
Tabassum Tahmina Shagufta HusseinTabassum Tahmina Shagufta Hussein is an aesthete from Dhaka, Bangladesh and MA holder in British and American literature. She is a poet from unheard voices that...
Workplace Toxicity: Is Care and Concern for Office Colleagues a Mission Impossible?
We spend seven to eight hours a day at work. A healthy working environment is crucial for a fulfilling life. Workers in vitiated environments have become victims of stress,...
The Year of the Dog: Chinese New Year 2018
We celebrated Chinese New Year yesterday (Friday, Feb 16). Legend has it that ‘Nian’, a monster used to terrorise the people of a village. Everyone would leave their houses...
Military Parade Plan of Trump Creates Furore: Army Veterans, Democrats Oppose Move
The Republican president plans demanded a monster parade, complete with tanks and weapons and reminiscent of pageants tyrants’ stage, marching down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White...
It Does Not Cost Extra to be Polite!
Most senior officers in the government service are full of themselves. They do not have the courtesy to offer seats to juniors, Hemashri laments in her weekly column for...
Lawless Kowloon was a City within a City, a Hub of Vice
The dark past of one of the major hubs of the city was the infamous walled city of Kowloon. It became a city within a city. A haven for...
Love Bloomed Amongst Hatred, Revenge Violence and Deaths of the 1984-Carnage in When a Mighty Tree Falls by Amrinder Bajaj
Despite the deep hurt, Amrinder Bajaj’s novel, When a Mighty Tree Falls, remained objective. In the novel, she described how some Hindus, risking their lives and limbs, saved their...
Vanished – I
Sumita tells us an engrossing story, in two parts. Here’s the first part, a horror-humour, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Dainagri: Police and government officials admit their...
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...