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November 29, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Advocacy, Gender, Parenting

Meet Sonia Jolly, a Mother and a Good Samaritan to 45 Daughters

Sonia Jolly, a lady from an affluent family, runs ‘Upkaar Hum Hain’, an NGO, at Satna, Madhya Pradesh. She has been taking care and looking after 45 girl children,...

November 28, 2017
Nandita Samanta
Poem

Ecstatic Dream

An intense sensuous poem by Nandita, in Different Truths. Creeping into the velvet darkness The hour of midnight comes falling softly Where wondrous dreams are created The memories start evoking my...

November 27, 2017
Geethanjali Dilip
Poem

Origin… Rise of a New Dawn

The flow of a river, a day and life poignantly celebrated in verse by Geethanjali, for Different Truths. A silence overpowering sprawls lofty where life dizzies in a whiteout,...

November 22, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Films, Interview, People

Amma Meri, a Bold Film, Exposes the Bitter Truth of Agrarian India

Here’s an exclusive interview, by Mahima, of the independent writer-director Tarun Jain whose short film, Amma Meri, has got the honour to be screened at the IFFI, Goa. A thought-provoking film...

November 16, 2017
Nilanjana Dey
Religion

Tales from Srimad Bhagavatam: The Polluted Lake – XLIX

Nilanjana recounts the tale of the polluted lake and Kaliya, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Parikshit observed, “The life of Krishna was most certainly not easy....

November 7, 2017
Soumya Mukherjee
People, Place, Travel & Food

Impressions of Italy

Our humourist dabbles in the travelogue. He likens Italy with India, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Italy is just like India. I didn’t meet a single...

October 27, 2017
Sumita Dutta
Poem

The Tadpoles Did Not See

Here’s a poem by Sumita that celebrates nature, the playful innocence of girls, memory, and identity, in Different Truths. The surface rippled, Three pairs of feet plopped in And...

October 25, 2017
Prof. Bhaskar Majumder
Dissent, Opinion

The Right to Differ is a Right by Birth!

Raising questions is not to be seen as a division between the conformists and the non-conformists. The conformists abide by the rules and norms because those rules and norms...

October 15, 2017
Dr. Ajay Kumar Singh
Education & Career, Photo Feature

How to Begin Wildlife Photography?

Do you love photography and want to be a pro in this field? We introduce a regular column, from this Sunday, by our Photo Guru, an ardent wildlife photography...

September 8, 2017
Mahima Sharma
Crime, Parenting, Relationship & Lifestyle

The Blue Whale Challenge and other Suicides: Parental Guidance Must Stop this Menace

Mahima discusses the dangerous Blue Whale Challenge, an Internet game, and other causes of depression that affects the tender minds of teenagers, leading to suicides. Anitha, a student activist,...

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