Short Stories Archives - Page 2 of 6

January 3, 2022
Olaitan Maryam Mojisola
Short Story

Endless Sleep / Five Decades of Red Roses

An open-ended short story from Nigerian author, Olaitan. The quaint mystery heightens the tragedy in Endless Sleep. The second story, Five Decades of Red Roses, is a flashback account of the...

December 29, 2021
Meenakshi
LGBTQIA+, Short Story, Special Feature

Kiran

Meenakshi tells us about Kiran, a transgender. She shows us the conflicts, trials and tribulations of such a person, who feels trapped in the body of another sex. Here’s...

December 28, 2021
Meenakshi
Book Extract, Fiction, Relationship & Lifestyle, Special Feature

Meenakshi’s story about a gay couple explores the subtleties and nuances of emotional relationship between them. It’s one of the six stories from her recently published book, ‘Love: Beautiful & Unrequited’....

December 28, 2021
Dr. Amrinder Kaur Bajaj
Fiction, Special Feature

Book Extract: For the Love of a Man

The book For the Love of a Man is a heavily fictionalized account of her life that lays bare taboo subjects like female sexuality, exposing what right-thinking people would carry...

December 22, 2021
Shernaz Wadia
Short Story, Special Feature

Crumbling Walls

Shernaz’s talks about hurt, pain and reconciliation of two sisters, Heather and Maya, through various twists and turns of fate and circumstances. A Special Feature exclusively for Different Truths. What...

July 22, 2021
Madhuri Bhattacharya
Criticism, Gender, Special Feature

Growing Up in Wilderness: African Stories of Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing was born to British parents, Alfred Taylor and Maud Me Veigh, in 1919. After the First World War, her father migrated to Africa and purchased three thousand...

July 17, 2021
Amita Ray
Pandemic, Short Story

Pandemic, Blind Man and a Blurred Truth

The pandemic pushed a man of modest earnings to penury. Amita weaves a story about him and his daughter. An exclusive for Different Truths. He used to come twice...

July 3, 2021
Dr. Priyamita Ghosh
Short Story

‘I Want to Live, Ma…’

Forsaken and forlorn, Amit contemplates suicide. Dr. Priyamita weaves a saga of his life’s journey, exclusively for Different Truths. The dogs outside the emergency gate barked. Care-worn patients filled...

June 12, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Short Story

Trail of Love & Longings: Amita Ray’s Riveting Stories

Gopal LahiriGopal Lahiri, a prolific bilingual poet, critic, editor, writer, and translator, has 32 published books, including eight solo/jointly edited volumes. His poetry and prose grace over 150 global...

May 12, 2021
Dr. Partha Banerjee
Dance, Language, Migration & Diaspora, Multiculturalism, Music, People, Place, Special Feature, Theatre, Tribute

One Last Tagore Birthday before My Death

A Diaspora, Dr. Partha shares the agony of a Bengali far away from his homeland. He confesses, there are quite a few other Bengali immigrants both from Bangladesh...

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