school Archives - Different Truths

November 19, 2025
Muddasir Ramzan
Poem

What Then?

(After Yeats) An evocative poem by Muddasir "He must grow a legendary man,”His chosen teachers thought at school.He spent his life according to a youthful plan.‘What then?’ sang Nietzsche’s...

May 22, 2024
Shernaz Wadia
Potpourri

My Jigsaw Fairy

Tooth Fairy or not, a fairy guided Shernaz through the jigsaw puzzle of life. Read more about it exclusively in Different Truths. When I lost my first milk tooth,...

April 2, 2024
Lalee Chatterjee
Humor

The ABC of English

Lalee’s hilarious take on the misuse and abuse of English language by Bengalis is refreshing. Her prognosis of the problem and possible solutions gives a serious undertone to this humorous piece....

March 18, 2024
Tapati Sinha
Short Story, Special Feature, Special Needs

A Child Lost in his Special World

The pain and agony of a mother of of a child with autism, crushed by the pressures of her life, takes a grim toll. Tapati recounts a heart-wrenching account,...

October 9, 2023
Dr. Diwakar Pokhriyal
Poem

The Education

Here’s Diwakar’s social commentary on the futility of the education system, in this poem, in Different Truths. What you read throughout, Does it ever matters, Oh God! Marks I say,...

August 5, 2023
Saeed Ibrahim
Short Story

A Hilarious Prank on a Teacher Before School Exams!

As school exams approached, an unsuspecting French teacher fell victim to a mischievous prank. What was it? Find out in this story by Saeed, exclusively for Different Truths. As...

April 29, 2023
Payal Talreja
Advocacy, Children's Right, Gender, Health, Special Needs

Girls and Autism: Missed Diagnosis and Mis-diagnosis

Boys are four times as likely to receive early diagnosis and intervention for ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) than girls. There was a time when it was believed that ASD...

February 28, 2023
Sehar Siddiqi
Education & Career, Gender, Special Feature

Question Marks that Still Haunt the Girl-child Education in India

Many girls are enrolled in schools but they never reach the classroom. Sehar details the reasons for low percentage of the girl-child education, which stops them from empowerment, for Different Truths....

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...

July 21, 2022
Arindam Roy
Cover Story, Migration & Diaspora, Potpourri

The Strange World of Roy Brothers

Partition and displacement were agonising. But, for two young lads, life in a city was wondrous. The school children were pleased that they had no schools. No studies. Seven brothers...

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